VERSE: A MURDER MYSTERY. When a young poet discovers a lost manuscript, he is drawn into the New York City literary world with the only key to an unsolved, 30-year-old murder. Starring Jon Sands, Angel Nafis and Mark Greenfield. Produced by Rattapallax Productions. Directed by Ram Devineni. Script by Susan Brennan. Music by Shira E. & the Tiny Tornadoes. [ more ]

POSTCARDS. In spring 2011, Joshua Ferris, Eliza Griswold, Bob Holman, Nathalie Handal & Christopher Merrill traveled to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and UAE as part of a literary tour. A series of short transmedia peices about their trip including the killing of Osama bin Laden. [ more ]

PIGEON KEEPERS OF BUSHWICK. Look up from the busy hectic streets of New York City life, and you will see a flock of purebred pigeons flying in circles around an abandoned tenement building in Bushwick. Their aerial acrobatics are guided by their keeper, a street-wise Puerto Rico man nicknamed 2Tone. On the other end of Brooklyn, Goodwin and his pal, Super 13, tend their pigeon coop and flock of 300 birds. Each one trying to lure each other’s pigeons away in order to get bragging rights. A beautifully shot documentary designed for online news and cultural publications. The film is told through the voices and perspectives of the pigeon keepers and brings the audience into this obscure and dying culture in New York City. [ more ]

ALIEN ROADKILL & LAMONT, THE PACKRAT. A short 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.” [ more ]

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. We get a glimpse into the many dimensions of Bollywood and the people who make a living entertaining over 3 billion people a year. Produced by Ram Devineni, Franthiesco Ballerini & Beatriz Seigner. In English and Portuguese. [ more ]

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RATTAPALLAX POETRY READING AND FILM FESTIVAL features some of the best short films from major international film festivals and distinguished poets. The featured readers are JAMES RAGAN, author of "The Hunger Wall" and NATHALIE HANDAL, author of "Love and Strange Horses." Also, CHRISTOPHER MERRILL, poet and director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, and MEENA ALEXANDER, author of "Illiterate Heart", winner of the PEN Open Book Award. Hosted by editor FLAVIA ROCHA. April 13, 2012 at 7pm at the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, New School, 55 W. 13th St., 2nd Floor, New York. Co-sponsored with the New School Writing Department. Free.