Film: Bitter Melon: The First Cut — and Q&A with Director H.P. Mendoza

H.P. Mendoza — A Series
Wednesday, 12/4/2024
5:30 - 7:30
Koret Auditorium
Main Library

100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States

415-557-4400

Bitter Melon: The First Cut is an exclusive screening of the first cut of the tragicomic "home for the holidays" movie in which a Filipino-American family plots to kill an abusive member. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director, H.P. Mendoza.

Stars: Jon Norman Schneider, Patrick Epino, Brian Rivera

NR, 106 mins., 2018. Closed Captions (CC) in English. 

This event is part of a series celebrating the art of director/writer/musician/performer H.P. Mendoza.

H.P. Mendoza is a Filipino-American filmmaker best known for his work as screenwriter, composer and lyricist on Colma: The Musical (2006), as well as his art-house horror film, I Am a Ghost (2012). After his directorial debut, Fruit Fly (2009), Mendoza was inducted into Essential SF by the San Francisco Film Society, which supported his Filipino-American dramedy, Bitter Melon (2018). Bitter Melon was dubbed one of the “20 Best Bay Area Films of the Decade.” Mendoza's newest film, The Secret of Art of Human Flight, starring Academy Award nominee Paul Raci, opened in theaters on July 4th, 2024, and is now available on home video. 

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This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

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