Slam 1998  R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Levin
Cast: Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, Bonz Malone, Beau Sia, Lawrence Wilson, Dominic Chianese Jr., Andre Taylor, Momolu Stewart, Taylor Mali, Reamer Shedrick
Filmed as a mock documentary, Ray Joshua's (Saul Williams) story unfolds of a man incarcerated in a Washington, D.C. prison who finds himself in the middle of a tug-of-war between rival gangs. His escape is in writing poetry and eventually getting his life together. Inspired by Paul Devlin's "SlamNation," a documentary about poetry slams (competition) filmed earlier the same year.
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| 1. Slam (1998)
2. SlamNation (1998)
aka: SlamNation: The Sport of Spoken Word
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