Slam 1998

Name: Slam
Released: 1998-10-07
Cast: Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, Bonz Malone, Lawrence Wilson, Beau Sia

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	Marc Levin
Written by:	Marc Levin & Saul Williams & Sonja Sohn & Bonz Malone & Richard Stratton
Release date:	1998-10-07
Runtime:	100 minutes
Tagline:	Words make sense of a world that won't.