Showing once again that he's the pro at the DIY musical - there were less than five crew members on set during the majority of the four-week film shoot - Mendoza took the song and dance to the next level, upping the production value, brightening the colors, diversifying the musical selection, and presenting a no-holds-barred celebration of the mishmash of gay culture, straight culture, youth culture, and artist culture that can be found in the tight quarters of San Francisco. Mendoza adds director to his list of hyphenates with Fruit Fly, which premiered in the Castro Theater at the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. After multitasking as screenwriter, composer, and actor in Richard Wong's 2007 indie cult film Colma: the Musical, H.P.
