Enter the Clones of Bruce

This month, as part of our Art of Action season see this brilliant doc after our screening earlier in the afternoon at 3pm, of one of Bruce Lee's classics, Enter the Dragon.

Enter the Clones of Bruce dives into the Bruce Lee exploitation craze, otherwise known as Bruceploitation. Within hours of his 1974 funeral, Hong Kong movie studios began to produce hundreds of unauthorized biopics, spin-offs and rip-offs starring a competing roster of Bruce Lee lookalikes. Over the next decade, ‘Bruceploitation’ would become a staple of global cinema.

Director David Gregory now examines this fascinating phenomenon via interviews with Bruce Li, Bruce Le, Bruce Liang and Dragon Lee; martial arts legends like Angela Mao, David Chiang, Phillip Ko and Sammo Hung; and the producers, directors, distributors and experts – along with copious clips from the films themselves – that for the first time reveal the history, controversy and legacy behind one of the most bizarre genres in movie history.

We are pleased to invite Sean Hollebon, our in-house film quizmaster to introduce this screening, complete with trivia and other juicy details!

Screening as part of Art of Action, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.

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