The Dinner Party (2003)
Short Film 10:30 min
Written & Directed By Jaguar X
Produced & Edited By Scorpion H of Le Rwa Entertainment LLC
The life of James, a homeless man, is changed forever when he finds a pocket organizer in the trash. Now bigger dreams, taller buildings, and remorse as he's got to leave everybody else behind.
Screenings:
- New Filmmakers Series Anthology Film Archives New York.
- American Theatre of Harlem.
La cabra (2003-2004)
Short Film 15:30 min
Written & Directed By Jaguar X
Produced & Edited By Scorpion H of Le Rwa Entertainment LLC
Rafael is tempted to take money from gangmembers to buy his mother a birthday present. If he does so, he and his sister both risk being stolen in to The Shadow by The Goatman (La Cabra), who lives under a walking bridge on their way home, in Spanish Harlem.
Appearances by famed Nuyorican Poet Luis Chaluisan and mural Artist James De La Vega.
Screenings:
- Official Selection 2005 Slamdance Film Festival.
- Official Selection 2005 Cinequest Film Festival.
- Anthology Film Archives New York.
- Light Circus Atlanta, Georgia.
- Centro Cultural Miguel Angel Asturias Guatemala, CA.
- Grant from Kodak towards the completion of The Myth of Time.
Numaj Ruq'iij Q'aq Bajlam (2004-2008)
(The Myth of Time/ El Mito del Tiempo)
Feature Length Film 99:00 min
Written & Directed By Jaguar X
Produced & Edited By Scorpion H of Le Rwa Entertainment LLC
The unwritten chapter of the Popol Vuh (Maya Book of Advice);
told through the journey into manhood of The Dark Eyed One in a world after the holocaust.
Now Arrives the Time of the Black Jaguar.
Caleidismo: (Kaleidism) Original technique of the cinema that combines
spoken and written poetry with audio-visual symbolism, breaking
the barriers of language and culture.
Relato del último capítulo de revelaciones del Gran Libro del Consejo Maya (Popol Vuh),
contando la vida y la travesía de "Los Ojos Negros" en un mundo post-holocausto.
Ahora comienza la época del Jaguar Negro.
llega su reino y su tiempo.
Caleidismo: Técnica original de cine que combina la poesía hablada y escrita
con el simbolismo dentro del audio-visual, rompiendo las barreras
del lenguage y la cultura.
Screenings:
- Screening Room Tribeca Grand Hotel, New York.
- Maurice Kanbar School of Film & Television, New York University.
- Private screening for Melvin Van Peebles.
- 2009 IFP Filmmaker Labs Fellow.
- Selected Participant 2009 IFP Film Week.