TONIGHT: The Rattapallax/PEN World Voices Literary Film Feast.
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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.
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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