Slam
Rating: 6.8 · 1998 · Drama · USA · 1 ч 44 мин
Description
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.
Information
- Year
- 1998
- Genre
- Drama
- Country
- USA
- Runtime
- 1 ч 44 мин
- TMDB
- 6.8
- IMDb
- 6.8
- Tagline
- Words make sense of a world that won't.
Director
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'
- Bob Holman — Slam MC
- Rhozier T. Brown — Public Defender
- Richard Stratton — Prosecutor
- Marion Barry — Judge
- Weusi Baraka — Weed Buyer