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Why so many black people love kung fu

2019 · 8 min · English

From Wu-Tang Clan samples to Wesley Snipes double features, kung fu cinema has quietly run through Black culture for decades, and Josh Toussaint-Strauss traces why Bruce Lee resonated so specifically with Black audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. Old interviews, film clips and his own family's VHS habits build the case scene by scene.

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Why it's free: Free on The Guardian's own channel; the paper produced and published it.