I had the pleasure of attending the San Diego Asian Film Festival’s Gala this year and saw H.P. Mendoza and his film Bitter Melon win Best Narrative Feature. He had no idea. I had no idea. But it was an…
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Long Distance Podcast: Episode 2 – Little Manila (Part 2)
The 2nd episode of Long Distance, Paola Mardo‘s new narrative podcast about life in the Filipino diaspora, is out. Two friends, three buildings, and the future of Stockton’s Little Manila. Plus: What happened to the manongs? The episodes drop monthly…
Bitter Melon at BAAFF and the Outstanding Ensemble Cast Award at Tallgrass Film Festival
I had an awesome time at the Boston Asian American Film Festival repping H.P. Mendoza‘s film Bitter Melon. It was my first time at the fest, and I have to say I met some wonderful folks there. They sure know…
Long Distance Podcast: Episode 1 – Little Manila (Part 1)
The first episode of Long Distance, Paola Mardo‘s new narrative podcast about life in the Filipino diaspora, is out. Proud to say I co-produced and did some voice acting in the piece. It’s been fun and rewarding to help Paola…
The Full Awesome Asian Bad Guys Movie on YouTube
To celebrate Filipino American History Month, for all of October Awesome Asian Bad Guys available on YouTube… because it’s our favorite Fil Am film of all time 😉 Really though, this is for all the amazingly talented Fil Am folks…
Long Distance Podcast Teaser
Excited to share the video teaser for Long Distance, Paola Mardo’s new narrative podcast about life in the Filipino diaspora that NFS is co-producing. After watching, please subscribe for free to Long Distance on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite…
Come Watch Bitter Melon with Me in Boston
Anyone I know in Boston? Anyone, anyone? Well, if you are, I’ll be at the Boston Asian American Film Festival for a screening of Bitter Melon on Saturday, August 20 at 9p. It’s BAAFF’s 10th anniversary, so I’m sure the…
NEW Long Distance Podcast Collaboration
National Film Society has been getting into podcasting, and I’m excited to announce NFS is providing production support for Paola Mardo‘s upcoming podcast Long Distance.
Bitter Melon on KPCC and LAist
Journalist and audio producer Paola Mardo did a radio story for KPCC’s The Frame on Bitter Melon, its director H.P. Mendoza, and me. She followed us around on the night of a special preview screening of the film here in…
Talking Bitter Melon, Mr. Sadman, and Filmmaking on the Yellow Peril Podcast
I had a ton of fun on YOMYOMF’s Yellow Peril Podcast. I got a chance to talk H.P. Mendoza’s Bitter Melon, how I got into filmmaking and my past and future projects including National Film Society, Mr. Sadman and Awesome…