Contemporary Asian Stories: How Bruce Lee Became a Legend

Join UBC professor Christopher Rea on December 3 at 6:30PM for “How Bruce Lee became a Legend.”
2020 is the 80th anniversary of Bruce Lee’s birth. Lee is still a pop culture icon 47 years after his death. How did this San Francisco-born boy became a legend? Christopher Rea explores Bruce Lee’s story through his body of work and a few of the countless works he continues to inspire.
Contemporary Asian Stories is a series of online events presented by Vancouver Public Library in partnership with the University of British Columbia Department of Asian Studies. The series celebrates literature, film, and larger-than-life figures from across modern Asian popular cultures.