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About Me

Family, Friends, photography, filmmaking (super 8mm, 16mm, digital), Adbusters , Coffee, rain, snow and the dark of night, the latest versions of Photoshop & Final Cut Pro, water=the life giver, Cafe Rebelion, fair trade coffee and the Zapatistas , the Onondaga Nation, the Adirondacks, my brother "tha outlaw" here on myspace, Utica, NY, my nieces and nephews, lacrosse , reading, writing, but not arithmetic; the Native American Rights Fund , MWPI now Pratt, and here's a link to one of the coolest most fantabulous chicks on myspace: MARY FORREST check her out and don't miss my good friend and old house mate, one of Native America's best artists (in my opinion) JASON LUJAN , one of my heroes, best friend and brother Clint Shenandoah (honestly I have to get him a website), a wonderful photographer and woman, Nadya Kwandibens , Indianz.com for the latest happenings in NDN country, I can't leave out Indian Market every 3rd weekend in August in Santa Fe, NM. Check out Frank "Buffalo" Hyde . My couzin Bunky Echo-Hawk is a kickass painter and graphic designer, as well as a lead singer: Big Crow Singers. A new friend and Tlingit artist, Jesse Cooday. I highly recommend my friend Maria's site Native American Indigenous Cinema and Art, NAICA. Last but not least, an initiative that I am fully behind and continue to be inspired by (not to mention the women that run the program are hardcore warriors) Longhouse Media/Native Lens
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: TORRYMENDOZA.COM
On VIMEO.com - An Indian in a Camera

My Interests

Life's little lessons.

I'd like to meet:

kick ass individuals that are laid back, intelligent, funny, open-minded, interesting, artistic, et cetera, Sean Penn, JB & John Cusak.

My nephew Stone Kai the rock star drumming without a water drum. Instead he utilizes the little known dustpan and the brush broom.

My nephew Stone Kai gets his dance on (Stomp Dance) after Mid-Winter Ceremonies at the Onondaga Longhouse. He imitates what he's seen.

Music:

Just a taste of what I listen to is in the player above this, take a listen, browse if you dare!

Movies:

The Cremaster series, any of the "Friday" movies, 28 Days Later, Lawn Dogs, all of Jim Jarmusch's films, the Coen Brother's films, Eraserhead, Wild at Heart, Buffalo 66, Army of Darkness, Gummo, Quills, Harold and Maude, Memento, Boondock Saints, Requiem for a Dream, Wes Anderson films, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Fight Club, Peter Greenaway films, Trees Lounge, Blade Runner, Brazil, Blue in the Face, Dancer in the Dark, any film directed by Sean Penn . . . and starring the more mature Sean Penn . . . Lost in Translation, Snatch, Doom Generation, Where the Buffalo Roam, Cool Hand Luke, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest . . . more

Television:

The Simpsons, Nip/Tuck, Discover Channel, Comedy Central, Mad TV, Food Network, American Choppers - go Mikey, Mammoth Lacrosse.

Heroes:

Mom, Cochise, Goyaale (without proper font), Natchez, Quanah Parker, Tatanka Iotanka, Crazy Horse, the Onondaga Nation and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy . NARF .

My Blog

What's wrong with America.

This is not a question, this is exactly what is wrong with America. I don't care if you're a neo-con or a far left-leaning liberal, America has had a fundamental break down in morals and ethics and it...
Posted by 16mm NDN on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:58:00 PST

Down time

So, I've been on down time since I left Seattle and unlike Sterlin, Blackhorse and Cody have no film to promote. While they are jet-setting around the country, Tracy will soon be taking off for France...
Posted by 16mm NDN on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:21:00 PST

SUPERFLY FILMMAKING

Posted by 16mm NDN on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:55:00 PST

UPDATE to Whirl Wind Festival Tour ends with Speeding Ticket

The other day, I rented a car to drive down to Fredonia, NY where I received my speeding ticket because my truck still needs a lot of work, not to mention a gas tank that will hold 20 gallons instead ...
Posted by 16mm NDN on Thu, 31 May 2007 09:34:00 PST

Superfly Filmmaking Workshop/Longhouse Media and Native Lens

The 2007 Superfly filmmaking workshop is on and I have been recruited to assist the youth in their pursuit of filmmaking, along with a great bunch of other Native filmmakers. Although, honestly, I'm l...
Posted by 16mm NDN on Sun, 20 May 2007 06:24:00 PST

Thesis Defense

I'm shortly going to defend my 2nd year film mostly at my thesis defense in just over an hour. I still have to shower and run to school to prep my third year piece. I shouldn't be nervous according to...
Posted by 16mm NDN on Mon, 07 May 2007 09:29:00 PST

Whirl Wind Festival Tour ends with speeding ticket.

Thanks to the women behind NAICA Two of the women behind NAICAfor giving my head a place to rest while visiting them and attending the festival at Tribeca, not to mention having Maria as my navigator ...
Posted by 16mm NDN on Thu, 03 May 2007 07:01:00 PST

Tribeca Film Festival

Well I'm off to NYC for the weekend to work for NAICA attending the Tribeca Film Festival, screenings, panels, etc. I leave in half an hour for the airport and then to JFK. I haven't slept since Wedne...
Posted by 16mm NDN on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:18:00 PST

Denver March 2007

I'm sitting in the Denver International Airport (DIA) waiting for my flight to return to NY. Not really looking forward to going back to Syracuse after spending time with my boys, J and Sky, and seein...
Posted by 16mm NDN on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:00:00 PST

Art - to be heard

So I'm an artist and yet, I find it difficult to simply get to work on my ideas . . . but ideas come to me with ease. Now, the world is in quite a state of turmoil and it seems there isn't much one vo...
Posted by 16mm NDN on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 05:02:00 PST