black kung fu cinema

Eureka Entertainment To Release Yuen Woo-Ping’s Madcap Classic, THE MIRACLE FIGHTERS, This June!

It’s a good time to be a Hong Kong cinema fan! Eureka Entertainment recently announced they will be releasing a Blu Ray of Yuen Woo-ping’s masterclass in madness, The Miracle Fighters, in the UK and the US on June 25th. Many people know Woo-ping as being the man responsible for the action in films like The Matrix, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Kill Bill but in the early 80’s he, with help from his brothers (aka The Yuen Clan), created some of the most innovative and inventive productions to come out of Hong Kong (including Donnie Yen’s first film, Drunken Tai Chi). To say that The Miracle Fighters has to be seen to be believed is an understatement. It’s off the wall in all the right ways During the Quing dynasty, marriage between Manchu and Han people is outlawed. When it is discovered that high-ranking official Kao Hsiung (Eddy Ko) has taken a Han wife, the Emperor […]

‘Black Kung Fu Cinema’ Knuckles Up For Blaxploitation Screenings In Durham This Spring

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This Spring, down south will be the place to be as Speller Street Films, in association with The Pinhook and Mo’ Better Soul, sets up shop in Durham, North Carolina, as its next stop for traveling Blaxploitation cinema exhibition and screening series, “Black Kung Fu Cinema”. April 23 will see the premiere of Lu Chun-Ku’s 1975 thriller, The Black Dragon’s Revenge, starring Ron Van Clief, followed by Cirio H. Santiago’s 1974 femme fatale thriller, TNT Jackson on May 21. Both screenings will be accompanied by pre-recorded Q&A segments with the films’ lead stars, Ron Van Clief and Jean Bell, respectify, and will feature live music by D.J. Preach Jacobs, as well as a dance party for all those in physical attendance and obliging Covid safety guidelines. Virtual tickets are available as well for folks viewing the event from afar. In The Black Dragon’s Revenge, Martial arts legend Ron Van Clief […]