Shannon Lee on Bruce Lee’s Legacy
About the Event:
Shannon Lee, daughter of iconic martial artist and actor Bruce Lee, is an executive producer on Cinemax’s Warrior (Season 2 now airing Friday’s at 10pm), which brings her father’s vision for a TV show about Chinese immigrants during the Tong Wars to fruition. Lee is also the author of Be Water, My Friend, a book of Bruce Lee’s philosophy and advice “demonstrating how martial arts are a perfect metaphor for personal growth”. Join Shannon Lee at CHF to talk about keeping her father’s legacy and influence alive on our television screens and bookshelves, and what we can learn from Bruce Lee’s vision. Lee is joined in conversation by sociologist and pop culture expert Nancy Wang Yuen.
- Your support makes this programming free, accessible, and open to anyone online – please donate now to help sustain these conversations and connections.
- All events include captioning.
This week’s programs presented with the support of Fifth Third Bank.
About the Book:
- The Chicago Humanities Festival is pleased to partner with the Seminary Co-op Bookstores, a not-for-profit bookstore whose mission is bookselling.
- When you purchase your copy of Be Water, My Friend from Seminary Co-op you are directly supporting independent bookselling in Chicago and a vital space for book browsing, discovery, and community.
Order your copy of Be Water, My Friend: The Teachings of Bruce today!
Event Details
This week’s programs presented with the support of Fifth Third Bank.
[Event tile image description: The event image at the top left of the event page is a graphic including a photograph of Shannon Lee (left) and a poster of the TV show Warrior (right). Shannon Lee looks at the camera, smiling slightly. She wears a grey top and pink lipstick with her black hair down. The movie poster is a graphic of two figures separated by a foregrounded image of a bloody sword. Over the blade in white text reads: “blood in blood out”. Below, on the sword’s hilt reads the series title “Warrior” in English and Traditional Chinese “戰士”. Both figures look forward with serious expressions. They wear late 1800s attire. Behind them is an urban street of the same time period. The figure on the left of the TV poster is bathed in an orange-red light, while the figure on the right is bathed in blue light. The top of the poster reads “based on the writings of Bruce Lee”, while the bottom lists the premiere date of the second season, “Oct 2 at 10pm, Cinemax”.]