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035			_a(OCoLC)1253033365
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100	1		_aHendrix, Grady, _eauthor. _9366317
245	1	0	_aThese fists break bricks : _bhow Kung Fu movies swept America and changed the world / _cGrady Hendrix, Chris Poggiali ; foreword by RZA from Wu-Tang Clan.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aAustin, TX : _bMondo Books, _c2021.
264		4	_c©2021
300			_a333 pages : _billustrations (some color) ; _c31 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aForeword by RZA from Wu-Tang Clan
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 321-327).
520			_a"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 of video tapes, influence the birth of hip hop, reshape the style of action we see in movies today, and introduce America to some of the biggest non-white stars to ever hit motion picture screens. This lavishly illustrated book tells the bone-blasting, spine-shattering story of how these films of fury -- spawned in anti-colonial protests on the streets of Hong Kong -- came to America and raised hell for 15 years before greed, infomercials, and racist fearmongering shut them down. You'll meet Japanese judo coaches battling American wrestlers in backwoods MMA bouts at county fairs, black teenagers with razor sharp kung fu skills heading to Hong Kong to star in movies shot super fast so they can make it back to the States in time to start 10th grade, and Puerto Rican karate coaches making their way in this world with nothing but their own two fists. It's about an 11-year-old boy who not only created the first fan edit but somehow turned it into a worldwide moneymaker, CIA agents secretly funding a karate movie, the New York Times fabricating a fear campaign about black "karate gangs" out to kill white people, the history of black martial arts in America ("Why does judo or karate suddenly get so ominous because black men study it?," wondered Malcolm X), the death of Bruce Lee and the onslaught of imitators that followed, and how a fight that started in Japanese internment camps during World War II ended in a ninja movie some 40 years later. It's a battle for recognition and respect that started a long, long time ago and continues today in movies like The Matrix, Kill Bill, and Black Panther and here, for the first time, is the full uncensored story." --Back cover
650		0	_aMartial arts films _xHistory.
700	1		_aPoggiali, Chris, _eauthor.
700	0		_aRZA _c(Rapper), _ewriter of foreword. _913422
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