Slam
Release Date: 1998-10-07
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.
Rating: 6.667 / 10
Cast
Saul Williams
as Ray Joshua
Sonja Sohn
as Lauren Bell
Bonz Malone
as Hopha
Lawrence Wilson
as Big Mike
Beau Sia
as Jimmy Huang
Crew
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Marc Levin - Director
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Marc Levin - Story
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Richard Stratton - Story
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Richard Stratton - Screenplay
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Sonja Sohn - Screenplay
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