TONIGHT: The Rattapallax/PEN World Voices Literary
Film Feast.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 7 pm.
Instituto Cervantes New York,
211-215 East 49th Street.
(b/ 2nd and 3rd Ave.)
FREE
http://www.pen.org/festival
Special guests Bob Holman, D J Kadagian and Ram
Devineni
FILMS BEING SCREENED:
"HOLLYWOOD JEROME" is based on the spoken-word poetry
of Malik Yusef and directed by Frey Hoffman. The film
depicts an inner-city youth enthralled and bamboozled
by pop-culture depictions of gang culture.
"METFORMIN" looks at the biology of love through
collage and animation. Based on a poem by Helen Clare
and directed by Kate Jessop.
"UNE LEÇON PARTICULIÈRE" won the Grand prix uniFrance
du court-métrage at the Cannes Film Festival and
directed by Raphaël Chevènement. While studying the
poetry of Victor Hugo, the teenager Cyril tries to
convey his love for his teacher, twenty-seven-year-old
Éva. . In French with English subtitles.
"LUCIA" is told through the voice of little girl who
remembers the summer when she fell in love. The
stop-motion animated film is directed by Niles Atallah
and Cristóbal León and based on the writings of
Joaquin Cociña. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Two short films by D J Kadagian who reworks classic
poems using found video footage. Screening of
"STEALING SUGAR FROM THE CASTLE" by Robert Bly and
"STANDARD OIL CO." by Pablo Neruda. Special appearance
by the D J Kadagian.
A chaotic dance film from Israel. "SERPENT" is based
on a poem from Iris Erez and T. Carmi and filmed by
Avi Dabach.
"GINSBERG'S KARMA" is 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. Special
appearance with the filmmakers Ram Devineni and Bob
Holman.
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