Jessica Yu’s Ping Pong Playa

IFC Films recently picked up the film Ping Pong Playa, co-written and Directed by Oscar winner Jessica Yu. Yu is most recently known for her documentary In The Realms Of The Unreal about the secluded artist Henry Darger. Ping Pong Playa is a drastically different direction than her past works, and as her fictional feature debut, has received good reviews as a strong comedy. Versatility in filmmakers can be a rare thing. To go from dramatic documentary to comedic narrative, and be successful at both, is very impressive. The film recently closed the Asian American Film Festival in New York and will hit theaters September 5th.