NEW YORK JIANGHU: Help Demi Guo Chronicle Kung Fu’s History In The Big Apple For Her Debut Feature!
I’d be doing a disservice to my stomping grounds if I didn’t post about this crowdfunding effort now as it has close to a week left in its campaign as of this article. For this, we turn to filmmaker and martial artist Demi Y. Guo’s feature debut, New York Jianghu, which is now seeking backing to support for the filmmaker’s latest documentary on the New York City’s kung fu community. “‘江湖’ Jiāng Hú (n) —’rivers and lakes,’ used to describe martial arts society” New York Jianghu is a feature documentary about the kung fu community of the five boroughs, and the long-overlooked figures that have formed the mythos of kung fu films. Kung fu has meant something different for each generation since it left China and entered the streets of Chinatown. It was a means of making money on the side, entertainment via Bruce Lee and the Wu-Tang Clan, and […]