H.P. Mendoza - From Colma: The Musical to The Secret Art of Human Flight and the Tribeca Film Festival

Patrick is joined by friend, writer, director, and composer H.P. Mendoza. He talks about his journey as a filmmaker from his early childhood to now. He discusses everything from Colma: The Musical to I Am a Ghost to Bitter Melon. His latest film The Secret Art of Human Flight, starring Grant Rosenmeyer, Paul Raci, Lucy DeVito, Nican Robinson, Reina Hardesty, Maggie Grace, and Sendhil Ramamurthy premieres at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

(0:00) Intros

(1:10) How did H.P. get into filmmaking?

(4:48) What drew him to "The Secret Art of Human Flight"?

(12:26) What was it like working with a larger budget?

(15:22) The experience of directing a screenplay he did NOT write

(22:10) What he learned as an artist from this film

(27:23) Traversing Asian American and LGBTQIA+ film festivals

(30:17) H.P.'s advice to other filmmakers and creators

(36:32) Outro

Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube: youtu.be/U3L2NSwsM1M

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Music by Paper Son: paperson.bandcamp.com, soundcloud.com/paper-son

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