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EARNING HIS TIGER STRIPES: A Word With ‘Twisting Tiger’ Director Joseph Le

If 2021 is perceived as a hallmark moment for Asian representation for film, 2022 certainly feels like a continuation, if not an augmentation of that progress. One purveyor that stands to gain from the current momentum happening in films of late is Joseph Le, six years into his craft under the Team Red Pro independent film label and having networked enough to gain traction for his own career and now sharing the revels with a lot of his own colleagues within the stunt and independent film community. In addition to his own work, he’s also worked with creators like Leroy Nguyen, Aaron Toney and Vlad Rimburg, as well as for a short time on the late Monty Oum’s hit series RWBY, and his resumè has only grown phenomenally with at least three major films productions so far. Best of all is Le gets to share space with friends like Brian […]

TWISTING TIGER: Joseph Le’s Karmic Crime Tale Of Kung Fu And Redemption Now Online

Lee B. Golden III

Actor and filmmaker Joseph Le is already less than a week away from collaborating on another crowdfunded project, and in light of this, he’s kicking things off with the online release of his latest shortfilm, Twisting Tiger. Le directs from a script by Nick Hoang, with an inspired kung fu drama based on the true stories of its cast, including actor, stunt performer and Shaolin Kung Fu disciple Tarrell Kota Bullock, who’s done several shortfilm projects and even performed for Cirque du Soleil from 2019 through 2020. The project also marks Bullock’s second collaboration with Le since 2019’s “Afro Samurai Champloo”. Bullock plays T, a former gangster coping with PTSD while living sworn to a vow of non-violence, as he’s confronted by the violent and harrowing realities of life in the hood when one of his students is compelled to do the unthinkable in an effort to show strength against […]

TWISTING TIGER: Joseph Le’s New Kung Fu Crime Drama Claws Its Way Online In The First Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Stunt professional Joseph Le hasn’t backed down from his own directorial ambitions, having etched himself a place in history with works hailing from production banners Turtle Wave and Team Red Pro over the years. Point in fact, and having since embarked on a career trajectory that’s taken him to the sets of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend Of The Ten Rings, Daniels’ pending SXSW premiere Everything Everywhere All At Once, and 2023’s Saint Seiya: Knights Of The Zodiac, Le’s been keeping up the habit with the most recent completion of his new upcoming kung fu crime drama, Twisting Tiger. After committing to a life of zen, a Black Shaolin Disciple with PTSD must break his vow of nonviolence and save his students from a bloodthirsty Asian gang. The project ran a crowdsourcing campaign last year as cameras rolled and the plan is now to take the half-hour shortfilm to festivals […]