Slam
Words make sense of a world that won't.
Raymond Joshua, a young black performance poet, is arrested and imprisoned for a petty marijuana charge in a Washington, D.C. jail. Although the confining prison walls do little to shield him from danger, it is within those walls that Raymond establishes his identity, strength, and voice and meets a prison gang leader and a prison writing teacher, Lauren Bell. Bell inspires Raymond to use the power of creative expression to free himself from the struggles and demise of the Black male as another victim of the judicial system.
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Top cast
Saul Williams
Ray Joshua
Sonja Sohn
Lauren Bell
Bonz Malone
Hopha
Lawrence Wilson
Big Mike
Beau Sia
Jimmy Huang
Andre Taylor
China
Momolu Stewart
Bay (Jail Rapper)
Ron Jones
Do Wop Cop
Reamer Shedrick
Do Wop Cop
Allan E. Lucas
Chief C.O.
Dominic Chianese Jr.
Officer Dom
Jerome Goldman
Jail Class Poet 'Why'
DJ Renegade
Party Poet 'Diminuendo in Blue'
Liza Jessie Peterson
Slam Poet 'Ice Cream'
Taylor Mali
Slam Poet 'Like'
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Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 7, 1998
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Original language
- EN
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