ESPN dives into the life and times of the late Bruce Lee in its latest documentary - read on to find out how to watch Be Water online and stream the new 30 for 30 film from anywhere.
Sports network ESPN has been on a roll lately, with its hugely successful Michael Jordan-focused documentary series The Last Dance and its recent Lance Armstrong film picking up plaudits from all corners, but its next 30 for 30 doc strays a little further outside of its normal sporting realm.
The feature-length documentary premieres on Sunday, June 7 on ESPN at 9pm ET, and can be streamed online without cable using Sling TV - for ESPN, it's the Sling Orange package (opens in new tab) you'll need.
Directed by Bao Nguyen, the feature length charts Lee's journey into becoming a cultural icon - from his childhood in Hong Kong, his attempts to break into Hollywood, and his eventual ascendancy to stardom which in turn triggered worldwide interest in martial arts and combat sports.
It also chronicles the struggles Lee faced to win over American audiences as an Asian leading man, and the events that led up to his untimely death in 1973, having made just a handful of films.
The documentary is part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series, which was launched in 2009 to help celebrate the network's 30th year and provides an in-depth insight into some of the most compelling sports stories of all-time.
Read on to find out how to watch Be Water online and stream the latest 30 for 30 documentary anywhere.
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How to watch Be Water online: stream the documentary the US
How to watch Be Water from abroad
As we've just explained, its really straightforward for anyone in the US to watch Be Water on ESPN - but for folk anywhere else in the world, it isn't quite so simple. In some countries, you can buy access to ESPN Player (opens in new tab), but in others geo-blocking restrictions will stand in your way.
This is especially annoying when you're from the US and would normally be able to access ESPN back home. Fortunately, there is a solution in the form of a VPN. This nifty bit of software changes your IP address so that you can access all the content you normally would at home - just from anywhere in the world.
Note that you may be required to verify your credit card or cable subscription details before gaining access to some ESPN streams, so have these to hand to make watching Be Water as easy as possible.
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