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[City
Jam]
Thursday,
December 21, 2006 at 7pm. Free. Featuring Roger Bonair-Agard,
Ry Russo-Young's remake of Psycho, and
Punk Rocker Henry Rollins as the angel of death
in Deathdealer. And
the innovative films from the Academia Internacional
de Cinema in Brazil.
Jonathan
Shorr Gallery, 109 Crosby St. (off Prince St.) in
SOHO, New York City. The event is part of Jungle Drums'
CITY
JAM events.
A
veteran of the spoken-word scene, two-time National
Slam Champion Roger Bonair-Agard releases his
debut book, Tarnish
and Masquerade, with accompanying CD full
of spellbinding poems. These poems chart an exile's
coming-of-age and an increasingly relevant immigrant's
experience.
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Jungle
Drums is the preminent Brazilian cultural magazine
in the world. Based in London and Sao Paulo, the magazine
focuses on the influence of Brazilian films, fashion,
art, literature, music, and culture around the world.
Co-sponsored
with Academia Internacional
de Cinema, Cypher Books, Jungle
Drums magazine , & Filmmovement.com
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Director
Ry Russo-Young presents a film-as-art projection
that puts a personalized and distinctly modern spin
on the Hitchcock classic Psycho. Three separate
women play Marion Crane -- now immortalized
by Janet Leigh and a certain shower scene-in three
different scenes. Official selection Tribeca Film
Festival and won Best Experimental Film at 2005 Chicago
International Film Festival and 2006 SXSW Film Festival.
Director will be at the salon.
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Deathdealer:
A Documentary follows an angel of death played by
Punk Rock musician and poet Henry Rollins as
he goes about his daily work suited and booted, hanging
out in diners and acting like a regular guy -- moaning
about his hum drum life -- the film is about the need
for change and how we can make them -- told in a humorous
and typically rollin-esque fashion. Directed by Andy
Watts. Film provided by Filmmovement.com
From
Academia Internacional
de Cinema in Brazil comes 7 Grilos/ 2 Cachorros
(7 Crickets/ 2 Dogs) by Roberto Andreolli. This
stylized and colorful film interprets a popular Brazilian
poem.
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Rattapallax
Films is producing "Alabanza" about
the poets Martin Espada and Pablo Neruda and September
11 in both the United States and Chile. The film is
also about the "Families of the Missing" and
their long struggle to bring the former Chilean Dictator
Pinochet to justice. Learn more about the film: www.alabanza911.com
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The
Brutual Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet Died Last
Week.
General
Pinochet came to power in a military coup d'etat on
September 11, 1973. The coup leaders used Hawker Hunter
fighter jets to bomb the Presidential Palace which
housed Allende, who refused to surrender, committing
suicide. Pinochet was named head of the victorious
junta's governing council, and he moved to crush Chile's
liberal opposition, arresting approximately 130,000
individuals in a three-year period. Once the Junta
was in power, Pinochet soon consolidated his control,
first retaining sole chairmanship of the Junta and
then proclaiming himself the President of the Republic.
The violence and bloodshed of the coup itself was
continued during Pinochet's administration. Once in
power, Pinochet ruled with an iron hand. Dissidents
who were murdered for speaking out against Pinochet's
policies are said to have "been disappeared." It is
unknown exactly how many people were killed by government
and military forces during the 17 years that he was
in power, but the "Rettig Commission" listed 2,095
deaths and 1,102 "disappearances." Torture was also
commonly used against dissidents. Thousands of Chileans
fled the country to escape the regime. Photo:
Pinochet on the left standing next to the democratically
elected President Allende, who Pinochet overthrew
in coup.
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Rattapallax
DVD is a fusion
between contemporary writing and film. Featured in the
DVD are films and audio works by Abbas Kiarostami, Takeshi
Kitano, Joyce Carol Oates, Ishle Park, Paul Bowles,
Sherman Alexie, Elvira Hernandez, Fabrcio Carpinejar,
Anne Waldman, Martn Espada, Arnaldo Antunes and many
others. ONLY
$6!
The
DVD is sold at
St. Mark's Bookshop, 31 Third Ave., NYC (near Astor
Place).
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Rattapallax
DVD was featured at the Potenza International
Film Festival in Italy from December 1-9, 2006.
Also a selection of films from the
Academia Internacional de Cinema were screened.
AIC is the first independent film school in Brazil.
Publisher and filmmaker Ram Devineni was on the
festival's international jury. He dicussed the DVD
and Bollywood cinema.
More
information on the festival: http://www.potenzafilmfestival.it
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