Rattapallax Films is committed to producing poetic films and documentaries with a social dimension to them.

VEGAS: BASED ON A TRUE STORY

Eddie Parker, his wife Tracy and their 12-year-old son Mitch lead blue-collar lives on the outskirts of America’s pleasure capital, Las Vegas. A compulsive gambler, Eddie has never won big. Tending her small garden in the desert, Tracy tries to keep the fragile family life together. Then an elusive stranger shows up claiming there’s something special about their home and he makes an offer that quickly turns into the family’s obsession. The only question is how deep are they willing to go? [ more ]

O SONHO BOLLYWOODIANO

Three Brazilian actresses decide to go to Índia to break into the film industry, but once they are inside the heart of Indian Culture, their dreams and wills start to change on the contrast between the East and the West, the ancient and the contemporary values, between the individual the the collective yearning [ more ]

GINSBERG’S KARMA

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. [ more ]

ALIEN ROADKILL

A 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 ]

WITH EVERY BREATH

A short documentary about African-American poet Lamont B. Steptoe, who is a long time resident of Philadelphia and Vietnam War Veteran. Steptoe, an American Book Award winner, deals with the many aspects of his life through his poetry from post-traumatic syndrome resulting from the war to his life as a gay man of color. This short poetic film encapsulates a compelling literary figure and his thirty-year life in Philadelphia. Premiered on WYBE’s Philadelphia Stories.” [ more ]

ON THE ROAD WITH BOB HOLMAN

Of the 6500 languages spoken in the world today, only half will make it to the next century. But while endangered plants and animals are protected by law, who is looking out for the cultures and ways of life held in these words? That is the mission of our half-hour documentary series featuring poet/professor Bob Holman. Holman guides us to the bottom-line question of survival of these systems of consciousness with respect, joy, and dedication to diversity. He throws himself into the life – shares the meals, participates in the ceremonies, dances and parties. His enthusiasm infects the series’ style – quick cuts, multiple stories, fast pace with a voice-over intelligent and human. Hip but not hipper than thou. Serious fun. [ more ]