Tony Mendoza studied Engineering at Yale University from 1959 to 1963 and Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design from 1964 to 1968. Since 1973, he has been working full time as photographer in the United States.

Official website: http://www.tonymendozaphoto.com/

USA, 7 min
Tony’s father settles into America with a ritual, and proves that you can stake a claim to individuality and American-ness by doing the same thing every day for 25 years. Some of the great moments in videography come about when you set off to record a ritual that hasn't changed in decades only to find that you have recorded an epochal shift and that nothing will ever be as it was. And then you have to go to McDonalds.

Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2009, Rooftop Films NY

Other presentations (selection):
New York Expo for Short Films and Videos 1999
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival 1999
New York Video Festival 1996