Dear Friends: I am happy to announce the launch of
Rattapallax Films
with two documentaries in production. Rattapallax
Films is committed
to producing poetic films and documentaries with a
social dimension
to them. More information at
http://www.rattapallax.com/films.htm . More info
below, but please join us tomorrow for a reading on
Neruda.
POESÍA 100%: a Celebration of Pablo Neruda. Featuring
Mark Doty, Willie Perdomo, Mark Eisner, Katherine
Jamieson, and others. Food and drinks will be served
and showing of Pablo Neruda: a Documentary & reading
of new translations from Essential Neruda from City
Lights Press. May 4 at 7 pm. Issue Project Room, 619
East 6th St., b/ Ave. B and C, NYC. $10. Proceeds
benefit documentary.
http://www.rattapallax.com/readings.htm
Also, one of our editor's -- Flavia Rocha, has started
a new film school based in Brazil. It was started with
her husband, Steven Richter and the launch date is
July 2004. More info at http://www.aicccinema.com.br
The films are being produced by Ram Devineni
(Rattapallax), Bob Madey (REM Pictures), and Kaz
Phillips (GEP).
SEPTEMBER 11 (working title) is the story of two
extraordinary and
horrific events that changed two countries on
September 11. It is
also about the undocumented victims of both acts. It
is also about
Martín Espada, an extraordinary poet and human rights
advocate, who
wrote the definitive poem about 9/11 and his journey
to Santiago to
participate in the 100th Anniversary of Chile's
greatest poet -- the
late Pablo Neruda.
MAKING HEARD THE BURIED CRY celebrates the power of
the spoken-word
to bridge societies as it addresses and challenges the
global
pandemic, HIV/AIDS. Three esteemed and prolific
American
poets/writers of color; Yusef Komunyakaa, Willie
Perdomo, and Thomas
Glave, set out to witness the growing crisis in Ghana,
West Africa.
Their visits with people on the front lines of the
epidemic highlight
the social/political and human implications of the
disease. Their
reflections and writings seek to understand a
complacency, denial,
and stigma that transcend culture, race, and nations.
Cheers
Ram Devineni
Publisher
Rattapallax
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