Jackie Chan: Building an Icon (2021)
• August 4th, 2021 • 0h 53min
Documentary, TV Movie
Overview
Jackie Chan is a true icon of Asian and Chinese culture. Over a 45-year-long career, he has carved a niche for himself as an actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter, but also singer and formidable businessman. After starring in almost 200 films, Jackie Chan has reconciled fans of genre film and Hollywood blockbusters, whilst bridging the gap between Asian and Western cinema. Through film excerpts, archive footage and images, and an offbeat approach inspired by the visual codes of the golden age of kung fu films, this documentary will take a look back at the creation of a popular hero who has come to be an icon for China, and for the entire Asian continent.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Hidden Japan
Released on: 2020-03-23
Documentary
The culture of Japan is incredible, from bloom festivals to ultra-modern cities. But there are also ...
To Live and to Die in Samarkand
Released on: 2007-01-01
Documentary
Having gone to Samarkand in search of traces of colonial culture, of which there were quite a few le...
Live and live in Fergana
Released on: 2009-01-01
Documentary
About Russians living in Fergana, why they are not going to leave and what they see as the meaning o...
Inside Track: Senna and McLaren
Released on: 1991-01-31
Documentary
The story of the Ayrton Senna / McLaren partnership of 1991, and their amazing chronicle of success.
Driven to Help
Released on: 2022-03-11
Documentary
Imagine a disease so rare there's no cure. Austin Crawford was diagnosed with MSA or Multiple System...
Appointment in Tokyo
Released on: 1945-12-07
Documentary, War, History
Produced by the Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps, with the cooperation of the Army Air Forces an...
Trans & Pregnant
Released on: 2024-11-11
Documentary
Two men undertake a thought-provoking journey to parenthood. Not by adoption or surrogacy, but by Fr...
Microcosmos
Released on: 1996-09-06
Documentary
A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time...
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
Released on: 2021-04-17
Documentary
An intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor’s incomparable artistry, and the acting process which ...
Woodstock
Released on: 1970-03-26
Documentary, History, Music
An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation ...
Henry Miller Is Not Dead
Released on: 1996-01-01
Documentary
In this artistic exploration of the life and work of writer Henry Miller, filmmaker Joe Kishton skil...
Bringing Godzilla Down to Size: The Art of Japanese Special Effects
Released on: 2008-08-03
Documentary
A look at the unrecognized work of the talented artists and craftsmen who've maintained the traditio...
Born to Be
Released on: 2019-09-28
Documentary
Soon after New York state passed a 2015 law that health insurance should cover transgender-related c...
Mac Dre: Legend of the Bay
Released on: 2015-06-14
Documentary
Bay Area rapper Mac Dre began his career at 18 and quickly became an influential force in early west...
In Memory of Rock
Released on: 1963-01-01
Documentary, History
The rock-wild youth of the 1960s during the apparitions of their idols.
Fin de vie : pour que tu aies le choix
Released on: 2023-09-26
Documentary
Marina Carrère d'Encausse lifts the veil on the intimate questions that preoccupy her as well as soc...
Casey Stengel
Released on: 1981-05-06
TV Movie, History, Drama
Charles Durning appears as the legendary baseball manager Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel in this one...