Slam

Slam (1998)

Words make sense of a world that won't.

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.

Date of release
1998-10-07
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (26)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Drama
Director
Marc Levin

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award

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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