Pam Grady May 19, 2021Updated: May 20, 2021, 11:40 am
H.P. Mendoza is releasing his new musical album “Folx” and converting it into an animated musical to light up a closing-night virtual dance party at CAAMFest on Sunday, May 23. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle
“It’s not CAAMFest without H.P. Mendoza involved in some way,” says CAAMFest Festival and Exhibitions Director Masashi Niwano.
Mendoza made his first indelible impression on movie fans in 2006 when “Colma: The Musical,” the Richard Wong film for which Mendoza wrote the screenplay and songs and acted, made its world premiere at what was then the San Francisco International Film Festival (now CAAMFest). Since then, the filmmaker, musician, composer, actor and writer has been a regular participant at the annual event.