Slam (1998)

ALL 10/07/1998 (en) Drama 100 Min
  • Release
    10/07/1998
  • Production
    Off Line Entertainment Group
  • Rotten tomato
    68%
  • Original title
    Slam
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Marc Levin

    Director

  2. Emir Lewis

    Editor



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  1. Saul Williams

    Ray Joshua

  2. Sonja Sohn

    Lauren Bell

  3. Bonz Malone

    Hopha

  4. Lawrence Wilson

    Big Mike

  5. Beau Sia

    Jimmy Huang

  6. Andre Taylor

    China

  7. Momolu Stewart

    Bay (Jail Rapper)

  8. Ron Jones

    Do Wop Cop

  9. Reamer Shedrick

    Do Wop Cop

  10. Allan E. Lucas

    Chief C.O.

  11. Dominic Chianese Jr.

    Officer Dom

  12. Jerome Goldman

    Jail Class Poet 'Why'

  13. DJ Renegade

    Party Poet 'Diminuendo in Blue'

  14. Liza Jessie Peterson

    Slam Poet 'Ice Cream'

  15. Taylor Mali

    Slam Poet 'Like'

  16. Bob Holman

    Slam MC

  17. Rhozier T. Brown

    Public Defender

  18. Richard Stratton

    Prosecutor

  19. Marion Barry

    Judge

  20. Weusi Baraka

    Weed Buyer

  21. Eddie Black

    Dodge City Crew

  22. Harry Campbell

    Dodge City Crew

  23. Robert Philson

    Dodge City Crew

  24. Daniel M. Favors

    Jail C.O.

  25. Johnny Foye

    Jail C.O.

  26. Jesse Hicks

    Command Center C.O.

  27. Carolyn Morris

    Hallway C.O.

  28. Leonard A. Thompson Jr.

    Bullpen Inmate

  29. Todd Baker

    Bullpen Inmate

  30. Joseph A. Wilson

    Poetry Class

  31. Talib Watson

    Thug Life Crew

  32. Kevin Kennedy

    Van Inmate

  33. Donnell Robinson

    Van Inmate

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 33 , Crews : 17

Keyword

Slam (1998) 100 Min

ALL 10/07/1998 (en)
Drama
  • Release 10/07/1998
  • Production
    Off Line Entertainment Group
  • Original title Slam
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Marc Levin

    Director

  2. Marc Levin, Richard Stratton

    Story

  3. Emir Lewis

    Editor

  4. Henri M. Kessler, Richard Stratton, Marc Levin

    Producer