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Geneva Anderson and H. Mendoza at PFA, Berkeley. Mendoza has outdone himself with 19 original songs that go down smooth but often pack a lyrical wallop. She is searching for a venue for her next gig while flirting with searching for her birthmother. As soon as Bethesda befriends gay roomie, Windham, and steps out into her new neighborhood, she is labeled a fag hag.

Her journey is one of gradual empowerment: she gets a voice and learns what family really means with a few twists and turns along the way. I had the opportunity to chat with H. Do you have any personal experience with adoption? The film is based on my experience and that of L. Renigen, who plays Bethesda, who actually is a performance artist and who actually has two families, two sets of parents.

It might have come up as a joke one time but we never really addressed it in a serious way.

“Fruit Fly” Review – 2009 Asian American International Film Festival

I think we assumed he was HAPA and that he was the only kid. Mendoza: Yes. My friends were all told later in life that they were adopted and they all reacted differently. Others were ok with it from the get go. I asked one friend if she had any curiosity to fruit out who her biological parents were and she said no.

I asked her why not. What if you are a performance artist who is going to end up living in different places all the time? You are going to make family wherever you go. When you have no living family that you are connected to, these connections become vital. I actually met an adoptee who would do her one woman show but she would never talk about being adopted, never.

She fly there was no way to tackle an adoptee without becoming smaltzty. I think you can handle an adoptee without looking and sounding like an after-school special. That is bar spurred me to write Bethesda as a flushed-out character, like I did. It was also inspirational to see how she rallied to help 17 year old runaway boy with his performance, his moment of self-actualization.

It was a very moving gift she gave him. Gay options were you considering in terms of how much you revealed about her connection to her birthparents? I told L.