Slam (1998)
1h 40m
Running Time
October 7, 1998Release Date

Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Saul Williams
Ray Joshua / Screenplay

Sonja Sohn
Lauren Bell / Screenplay

Bonz Malone
Hopha / Screenplay

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 / Screenplay / Story / Producer

Marion Barry
Judge

Weusi Baraka
Weed Buyer

Eddie Black
Dodge City Crew

Harry Campbell
Dodge City Crew

Robert Philson
Dodge City Crew

Daniel M. Favors
Jail C.O.

Johnny Foye
Jail C.O.

Jesse Hicks
Command Center C.O.

Carolyn Morris
Hallway C.O.

Leonard A. Thompson Jr.
Bullpen Inmate

Todd Baker
Bullpen Inmate

Joseph A. Wilson
Poetry Class

Talib Watson
Thug Life Crew

Kevin Kennedy
Van Inmate

Donnell Robinson
Van Inmate

Marc Levin
Director / Story / Screenplay / Producer

DJ Spooky
Original Music Composer

Mark Benjamin
Director of Photography

Henri M. Kessler
Producer

David Peipers
Executive Producer

Daphne Pinkerson
Associate Producer

Emir Lewis
Editor
Media.


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Wiki.
Slam is a 1998 American independent drama film directed, co-written and co-produced by Marc Levin and starring and co-written by Saul Williams and Sonja Sohn. It tells the story of a young African-American man whose talent for poetry is hampered by his social background.
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