Dear Friends: I am excited to announce six new films
for next year being produced by Rattapallax magazine.
Rattapallax Films is committed to producing poetic
films and documentaries with a social and cultural
dimension to them. To learn more about the production
company and its projects, please go to
http://www.rattapallax.com/films.htm

Cheers
Ram Devineni


GINSBERG'S KARMA. A documentary about the legendary
poet Allen Ginsberg and his mythical journey to India
in the early 1960s that transformed his perspective on
life and his work. Poet Bob Holman traces the two
years Ginsberg spent in India by visiting the places
where he stayed and talk with the people he met and
influenced, as well as, intimate interviews with Beat
poets and friends.
http://www.rattapallax.com/ginsberg.htm

ON THE GRIOT TRAIL: Bob Holman and Papa Susso in West
Africa. The film is about Alhaji Papa Susso, a Gambian
folk poet and Bob Holman, a contemporary US poet, who
are long-time friends. They travel to Africa to
discover the oral traditions of language and
storytelling that are quickly disappearing. Through
their travels in Gambia, Senegal, Mali and Guinea,
they also explore African music and its influence on
contemporary American jazz, rock n' roll, and blues
and how traditional African music is being displaced
by urban hip-hop, whose roots are in Africa.
Throughout West Africa, they meet many different
Griots, or storytellers, whose vast memories include
the history of their tribes and re-tell it through
songs and epic poems. Currently Filming in Africa.
http://www.rattapallax.com/griot.htm

O SONHO BOLLYWOODIANO. Rattapallax Films announces the
first Indian-Brazilian co-production. "O Sonho
Bollywoodiano" is directed by Beatriz Seigne-Martin
and stars Paula Braun, Lorena Lobato and Nataly
Galleazzo Cabanas. The production just finished
shooting all over India. Legendary Indian filmmaker
Santosh Sivan (The Terrorist) is Executive Producer.
The film is a comedy about three beautiful Brazilian
actresses who decide to try their luck breaking into
the Bollywood. When they arrive in India, their dreams
change dramatically through a series of mishaps and
unexpected occurrences. This heart-felt comedy reveals
the wonderful cultural difference between both
countries while three young actresses search for their
dream in a country thousands of miles away. While
filming a song and dance sequence in Mumbai, TV
Globo's show Fantastico interviewed the actresses and
director. The film will be released next year.
http://www.rattapallax.com/bollywoodiano.htm

BOLLYWORLD. India is going through extraordinary
changes and entering the global market. This
documentary focuses on how India's largest film
industry "Bollywood" is transforming itself to appeal
to a world audience and an emerging Indian middle
class. The documentary follows two brothers, Sanjay
and Kumar, as they try to make their big movie. We get
a glimpse into the many dimensions of Bollywood and
the people who make a living entertaining over 3
billion people a year.
http://www.rattapallax.com/bollyworld.htm

ALIEN ROADKILL. A documentary about African-American
poet Lamont B. Steptoe and his search for the aliens
who abducted him in Philadelphia. Steptoe is an
American Book Award winner and suffering from
post-traumatic syndrome resulting from the Vietnam
War. In 2008, he taveled to Roswell, New Mexico to the
Roswell UFO Festival to find the aliens he encountered
and seek spiritual solace at the famed crash site.
While at Roswell, he meets other people who were also
aducted by aliens and soon discovers that he is not
"alone." http://www.rattapallax.com/steptoe2.htm

FABULOUS HAIR! This exuberant documentary follows
several Philadelphia-based African-American
hairdressers as they prepare for a major hair show
competition. http://www.rattapallax.com/hair.htm
 

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