These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World - Paperback
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Grady Hendrix, Chris Poggiali, Rza of Wu-Tang Clan (Foreword by)Publish date:2022-01-03Pages:432
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mondo BooksISBN-13:9781736891605ISBN-10:173689160XUPC:9781736891605Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:Genres, History & CriticismSize:12.05 x 9.06 x 0.94 inchesWeight:3.6024Product ID:SCMBNRFRT5
These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World
When a major Hollywood studio released Five Fingers of Death to thrill-seeking Times Square moviegoers on March 21, 1973, only a handful of Black and Asian American audience members knew the difference between an Iron Fist and an Eagle's Claw. That changed overnight as kung fu movies kicked off a craze that would earn millions at the box office, send TV ratings soaring, sell hundreds of thousands...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mondo BooksISBN-13:9781736891605ISBN-10:173689160XUPC:9781736891605Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:Genres, History & CriticismSize:12.05 x 9.06 x 0.94 inchesWeight:3.6024Product ID:SCMBNRFRT5
Hendrix, Grady: - Grady Hendrix is an award-winning New York Times bestselling author and one of the founders of the New York Asian Film Festival. He's covered the Asian film industry for Variety, Sight & Sound, and Film Comment, among others. He lives in NYC.Poggiali, Chris: - "Chris Poggiali is a librarian, writer and film historian who edited the fanzine Temple of Schlock from 1987 - 1991,...
Publisher: Mondo Books
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Grady Hendrix, Chris Poggiali, Rza of Wu-Tang Clan (Foreword by)
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