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Slam 1998
Drama
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.
Cast
B
Bonz Malone
Hopha
L
Lawrence Wilson
Big Mike
A
Andre Taylor
China
M
Momolu Stewart
Bay (Jail Rapper)
R
Ron Jones
Do Wop Cop
R
Reamer Shedrick
Do Wop Cop
A
Allan E. Lucas
Chief C.O.
D
Dominic Chianese Jr.
Officer Dom
J
Jerome Goldman
Jail Class Poet 'Why'
D
DJ Renegade
Party Poet 'Diminuendo in Blue'
L
Liza Jessie Peterson
Slam Poet 'Ice Cream'
T
Taylor Mali
Slam Poet 'Like'
B
Bob Holman
Slam MC
R
Rhozier T. Brown
Public Defender
R
Richard Stratton
Prosecutor
Crew
- Director
- Marc Levin
- Writers
- Marc Levin, Saul Williams, Richard Stratton, Bonz Malone, Sonja Sohn
- Producers
- Henri M. Kessler, Marc Levin, Richard Stratton
- Executive Producers
- David Peipers
- Cinematography
- Mark Benjamin
- Editing
- Emir Lewis
- Composer
- DJ Spooky
Details
- Release date
- Oct 7, 1998
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Status
- Released
- Studios
- Off Line Entertainment Group
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
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