🎬 Director Spotlight — Tony Mendez tony19mendez Questions After Ed Mabrey features national champion slam poet Grim Jackson performing one of his powerful spoken word pieces, blending poetry and cinema into a compelling exploration of voice, identity, and artistic expression. Tony Mendez is a Miami-based producer, director, and editor who currently teaches film for Miami-Dade Public Schools. His work spans documentary, narrative, and educational media, with experience creating content for National Geographic in Washington, D.C. His University of Miami thesis film, El Mar y Él — a tragicomedy honoring his uncle and Cuban heritage — was licensed by HBO from 2015–2017. In 2014, Tony founded the Say It Loud Film Festival, an initiative dedicated to transforming narratives within pop culture and amplifying diverse voices in filmmaking. Alongside teaching and producing student media through FalconTV, he continues to develop new creative projects, including a Miami-based comedic homage in...