NR | 1 hour 15 minutes | Docudrama | 2023
The proliferation of Chinese police stations operating clandestinely in foreign nations, without the sanction or cooperation of local authorities, is a very real and highly illegal phenomenon. These extralegal outposts frequently monitor and harass members of the Chinese diaspora (Chinese living outside of China), but they have no authority to freeze accounts or make arrests on foreign soil.
However, getting an accusatory call from the Shanghai police was understandably upsetting for a Taiwanese immigrant like Jerry Hsu. When threatened with arrest and financial forfeiture, he agreed to act as their informant.
Filming on the set of “Starring Jerry Hsu.” (Visit Films)
Hsu re-enacts his stressful real-life “undercover” exploits in Law Chen’s hybrid-docu-drama “Starring Jerry as Himself,” which screens online as part of the 2023 Slamdance International Film Festival….