Why Am I Doing This?

Running time: 122 mins

Two best friends in Hollywood. Many ways to be stereotyped.

Tony Chang is a struggling Asian-American actor with the classic problem of only getting auditions for parts as Chinese delivery boys. Lester Niles is a struggling African-American comedian whose stand-up is ?purely Jon Stewart observational.? Everyone wants him to be the next Martin Lawrence and to ?black it up a bit,? including his manager Kenny. Both Tony and Lester face life?s everyday struggles together, supporting each other in their fight to pay bills, juggle inter-racial relationships, handle family obligations, and the impending doom that they may never make it.

Tom Huang writes and directs a completely original view of the Hollywood dream from the vantage of the struggling minority. Filled with plenty of humor, style, and sincerity, Huang?s tale harkens to films like Hollywood Shuffle, yet is infused with a modern sense of identity that make it an instant classic.