“Also screening in “Four in Focus” is H.P. Mendoza’s witty, homespun musical “Fruit Fly,” a story of aspiring young artists, which opens with a number extolling the virtues of San Francisco’s public transit system.”
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Last night I had the pleasure of seeing Fruit Fly the musical/comedy/drama by local filmmaker H.P. Mendoza. It follows the story of Bethesda, a Filipina performance artist, in a nuanced, charming portrayal by L.A. Renigen, who moves to San Francisco to try to stage a work-in-progress version of her one woman show. She moves into a communal house [...]
“FRUIT FLY['s] deceptively casual mash-up and embrace of ethnic and sexual identity politics is nuanced enough to fuel a masters’ thesis. It’s also textbook guerrilla filmmaking, a loud-and-proud, indie-Asian/gay hijacking of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg that turns the Mission, the Castro and more into an all-singing, all-dancing whirl.” – Jason Sanders, Filmmaker Magazine Holy crap! From December [...]
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