Slam

Oct 7, 1998

1h 44m

★ 6.8

Words make sense of a world that won't.

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Off Line Entertainment Group

Slam Trailers

Cast

Ray Joshua

Saul Williams

Lauren Bell

Sonja Sohn

Hopha

Bonz Malone

Big Mike

Lawrence Wilson

Jimmy Huang

Beau Sia

China

Andre Taylor

Bay (Jail Rapper)

Momolu Stewart

Do Wop Cop

Ron Jones

Do Wop Cop

Reamer Shedrick

Chief C.O.

Allan E. Lucas

Officer Dom

Dominic Chianese Jr.

Jail Class Poet 'Why'

Jerome Goldman

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