TV Guide: Jessica Yu

Listing: Crash Into Me

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 11 08:00 PM LIFE Conclusion. Meredith works furiously to save a paramedic trapped in an ambulance; Lexie literally holds the life of a patient (Seth Green) in her hands; Derek must rely on nurse Rose (Lauren Stamile) to save a patient when an OR computer breaks down; and Bailey keeps Tucker (Cress Williams) waiting while she operates on a white supremacist . Ava: Elizabeth Reaser.

Video: Protagonist

IMDB Videos — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:19:38 -0500

Jessica Yu's documentary explores the relationship between human life and Euripidean dramatic structure by weaving together the stories of four men: German terrorist, a bank robber, an "ex-gay" evangelist, and a martial arts student.

Video: Fortune Hunters

IMDB Videos — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:51:24 -0500

Three clips from the award-winning short film FORTUNE HUNTERS starring Kelvin Yu, Jessica Skerritt and Gedde Watanabe. To rent or purchase the film, visit iTunes at http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMovie?id=278666859&s=143441

Video: Kinda Sutra Abridged

Hulu — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:26:11 -0500

Season 1, Episode 9: Oscar-winning director Jessica Yu poses the questions: "Where exactly do babies come from? And how are they really made?" to a variety of adults and youngsters who explore their earliest understanding of sex, conception and how the two, uh, intersect.

Video: 'Ping Pong Playa' - Trailer No. 1

AOL Moviefone — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:56:37 -0500

An aimless young Chinese-American finds his hoop dreams unexpectedly sidelined when his parents are injured in an accident and he is forced to give ping-pong lessons in the fiction feature debut of acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jessica Yu (In the Realms of the Unreal). Christopher "C-dub" Wang (Jimmy Tsai) may not be able to sink a lay-up to save his life, yet he longs to realize his lifelong goal of playing in the NBA. Add to this the fact that C-dub still lives at home and will likely never emerge from under the shadow of his successful older brother, Michael (Roger Fan), and it's beginning to look like this wannabe pro-athlete is going nowhere fast. C-dub's parents (Jim Lau and Elizabeth Sung) are a pair of former table tennis champs who now own a successful ping-pong supply shop and teach lessons on the side. Much like his parents were back in the day, C-dub's brother Michael (Roger Fan) is a ping-pong wizard who is championed by the Chinese community for taking top rank in the t

Video: 'Protagonist'- Trailer No. 1

AOL Moviefone — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:16:20 -0500

Academy-award winning filmmaker Jessica Yu offers an unusual look at the simultaneous diversity and commonality of four very different men in this documentary. In Protagonist, Yu recalls the structural format of the ancient Greek playwright Euripides -- whose stories were often marked by human tragedy, the commentary of a chorus of independent observers, and the sudden and unexpected intervention of the divine -- as she chronicles the lives of a thief, a student of martial arts, a preacher who has renounced his past as a homosexual, and a political terrorist. Protagonist was screened in competition as part of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. - Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Video: In the Realms of the Unreal - Trailer

AOL Moviefone — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:54:35 -0500

Award-winning short filmmaker Jessica Yu makes her feature-length debut with In the Realms of the Unreal, a documentary about outsider artist Henry Darger. Born in 1892, Darger lived in Chicago and worked as a janitor for most of his life. When he died in 1972, his landlord found his life's work: The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion (often simply referred to as The Realms). A massive, multiple-volume fantasy novel, The Realms also contains nearly 300 illustrations of collages, drawings, and paintings. Rather than interview art scholars and psychologists, Yu chooses to look at Darger's work from the viewpoints of those who knew him. Yu also incorporates animation segments into the documentary, using Darger's original images. In the Realms of the Unreal was shown at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 as part of the documentary competition. - Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Video: Protagonist

Apple Trailers — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:16:16 -0500

Explores extremism and the limits of certainty. Inspired by Greek drama, this visually inventive documentary weaves the stories of four men - a German terrorist, a bank robber, an ex-gay evangelist, and a martial arts student consumed by personal odysseys.