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ALABANZA,
is a documentary film about Martín Espada, renowned
Puerto Rican-American poet whose definitive poem Alabanza,
In Praise of Local 100 eulogizes the undocumented immigrant
workers killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center
on September 11th, 2001.We follow him on his journey
to Chile to attend the 100th anniversary of the birth
of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, where Espada explores
another tragedy- on September 11th,1973-when the Chilean
Presidential Palace was bombed and the murderous dictator,
General Pinochet, was installed. This documentary, made
in homage to the victims of both September 11ths, follows
one poet's calling to speak for the silenced and the
missing and towards understanding what role Poetry might
have in a post-9/11 United States.
Producers:
New
York City: Ram Devineni, Rattapallax Films info@rattapallax.com
Bob Madey, R.E.M. Pictures, 1-212- 343-2207 / rem562@yahoo.com
Santiago: José Ignacio Silva Anguita, 56-9-5989151
/ jisa39@tutopia.com
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