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Slam

Slam

Drama
1998, Movie, 1h 40min
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.
Country: United States
Director:
Marc Levin
Cast:
Saul Williams,
Sonja Sohn,
Beau Sia,
Bonz Malone
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Marc Levin
Director
Saul Williams
As Ray Joshua
Sonja Sohn
As Lauren Bell
Beau Sia
As Jimmy Huang
Bonz Malone
As Hopha
Richard Stratton
As Prosecutor
Dominic Chianese Jr.
As Officer Dom
Marion Barry
As Judge

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Slam was released in theaters on October 7, 1998.

 

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