Jimmy's Story (2006)

Billy Yeager spent over 23 years making his feature film "Jimmy's Story," using both VHS and film cameras. "Jimmy's Story" features vintage footage from the early 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s, following the life and struggles of a musician, Jimmy Story (character played by Billy Yeager), who is trying to get a record deal. After 15 years of rejection from the record labels, Billy's character is finally discovered in 1992 by Grammy Award Winner Bruce Hornsby. But even with the help of Hornsby and several other well known artists, who support his music, he is still rejected for another 7 years. One night, Jimmy Story watches the movie "Tootsie," featuring Dustin Hoffman as the struggling actor who cannot get a job acting. Jimmy identifies with the character and decides to use the same idea from the film, when Dustin Hoffman's character becomes a woman and lands a job as an actress. Jimmy then permanently dyes his skin black and spends a year fabricating an elaborate story of being Jimi Hendrix's long lost illegitimate son. Unbelievable as it seems, Jimmy actually pulls off the "Jimi Hendrix stunt," and is written about and featured in many news publications, musician magazines and also appears on television news shows such as WSVN in Miami. Yeager filmed all of the behind-the-scenes of Jimmy Story's performance artwork, including all the preparation, interviews, performances and news clips featuring Jimmy Story as Jimi Hendrix's son. Yeager's film aims to challenge the audience's perception of fame and success, and to make people ponder the meaning of life.