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Slam

Words make sense of a world that won't.

6.9(26)19981h 44m1

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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Released
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Language
English
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Director

Marc Levin

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival20 Jan 1998
    • TheatricalR7 Oct 1998
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival (restoration)3 Aug 2023

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Slam was released on 7 October 1998.

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