Slam
1998, Drama, 1h 43m
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Ray Joshua (Saul Williams), a talented black poet from the Washington, D.C., projects, is arrested on petty drug charges and thrown into the black hole that is the D.C. jail. There he meets the two people who can redirect his life: a prison gang leader and a beautiful female poet teaching a self-expression class for inmates.
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Rating: R (Sex Scene|Pervasive Language|Brief Violence)
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Marc Levin
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Producer: Marc Levin, Richard Stratton
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Writer: Marc Levin, Richard Stratton, Sonja Sohn, Marc Levin, Bonz Malone, Saul Williams, Richard Stratton
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Box Office (Gross USA): $982.2K
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Distributor: Trimark Pictures
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A brilliant masterpiece of independent black cimema. This was a film that had a strong cast(real-life poet Saul Williams and also Sonja Sohn of HBO's The Wire) with compelling subject matter complete with a killer soundtrack(featuring the sounds of the DC "go-go" and other artists)not to mention some of the most capitvating over-the-top rap poetry ever witnessed. All set within the most corrupt city in America--our nation's capital.
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