STARRING JERRY AS HIMSELF drops the viewer into the “normal” life of Jerry 
Hsu. Jerry is a retired, divorced Taiwanese 
immigrant living in Orlando. All of the normal is knocked out of Jerry’s world when he gets an urgent call from a People’s Republic of China’s Chinese police officer. The officer informs him that he’s the prime suspect in an international money 
laundering investigation where $1.28mm was illegally moved through his Florida bank account. Under threat of arrest and extradition to China, the police force Jerry to cooperate and be an undercover agent in their case. Over the next few weeks, Jerry helps the police investigate an international money laundering case by taking 
surveillance photos of his bank, making top secret transfers, and even wearing a wire to spy on bank tellers. After months of keeping the investigation a secret, Jerry finally reveals everything to his 
family. His three sons decide to document his ordeal and discover the truth about what really happened and how it changed Jerry’s life forever. Director Law Chen and screenwriter Jonathan Hsu join us to talk about their genre-busting “documentary” family drama suspense story that stars all of Jerry’s American-based family and gives the audience a unique cinematic experience.
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Slamdance Film Festival Grand Jury and Audience Award winner
About the filmmaker – Law Chen is an award winning director based in Brooklyn His narrative, documentary, and commercial films have earned 19 Cannes Lions, as well as multiple Webby Awards, Vimeo Staff Picks, and screened at film festivals around the world. His first feature ‘Starring Jerry as Himself’ will premiere at Slamdance, and tells a personal story about an immigrant’s pursuit of the American Dream.
About the filmmaker – Jonathan Hsu has been making films since he could first get his hands on his family’s Digi8 Camcorder. Since then he has produced multiple award winning commercials, music videos, and films. He founded his commercial production services company HsuBox Productions Inc. with the mission to share and produce content that is as diverse as his crew and clients. Jon is an alumni of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. in his free time he makes large dinners, performs Magic, and mentors up-and-coming filmmakers. He recently Executive Produced the horror movie “A Wounded Fawn” for Tribeca 2022’s Midnight Program and also a short film “Closing Dynasty” for the inaugural Netflix x Gold House x Tribeca 2022 Future Gold Fellowship.
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“Starring Jerry as Himself manages to pull off something of a magic trick. Not only is the film a compelling documentary that keeps audiences guessing, it also stands alone as a work of scripted fiction.” – Tina Kakadelis, Beyond the Cinerama Dome
“Surprising is the operative word here. A compelling, thoroughly engaging documentary with a huge payoff by the end that is satisfying, moving and ultimately, quite sad. One of the year’s most fascinating films with a memorable lead “character” in Jerry.” – Jim Laczkowski, Director’s Club
“So much of this is recreation, in fact, that it begs the question of whether this really qualifies as a documentary. Nevertheless, it’s engrossing.” – Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Film Festival Today
“Chen finds a way to lure the audience into understanding a horrible phenomenon that we all know about, but can only understand through Jerry’s eyes.” – Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle
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