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Slam (1998)

Slam (1998)

Drama

Words make sense of a world that won't.

Release Date: 1998, October 7
Directors: Marc Levin
Countries: United States of America
Production: Off Line Entertainment Group
Cast: Saul Williams, Beau Sia, Sonja Sohn, Todd Baker, Lawrence Wilson, Dominic Chianese Jr., Bonz Malone, Joseph A. Wilson, Kevin Kennedy, Jesse Hicks, Ron Jones, Marion Barry

Overview:

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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