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Slam

Grand Jury Prize, 1998 Sundance Film Festival. A talented youth (Saul Williams) copes with urban crime and despair by competing in poetry slams. Sonja Sohn of "The Wire" costars.

Director

Marc Levin

Year

Genre

Box Office

$1,009,819

Production

Off Line Entertainment Group

Awards

4 wins & 3 nominations

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Ray Joshua

Lauren Bell

Hopha

Big Mike

Lawrence Wilson

Jimmy Huang

China

Bay (Jail Rapper)

Do Wop Cop

Do Wop Cop

Reamer Shedrick

Chief C.O.

Officer Dom

Dominic Chianese Jr.

Jail Class Poet 'Why'

Party Poet 'Diminuendo in Blue'

Slam Poet 'Ice Cream'

Liza Jessie Peterson

Slam Poet 'Like'

Slam M.C.

Public Defender

Prosecutor

Richard Stratton

Judge

Marion Barry Jr.

Weed Buyer

Dodge City Crew

Dodge City Crew

Dodge City Crew

Jail C.O.

Daniel M. Favors

Jail C.O.

Command Center C.O.

Hallway C.O.

Bullpen Inmate

Leonard Thompson Jr.

Bullpen Inmate

Poetry Class

Joseph A. Wilson

Thug Life Crew

Van Inmate

Van Inmate

Donnell Robinson

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I shot three motherfuckers but I didn't know why - Slam

I shot three motherfuckers but I didn't know why

Never give anyone the power to take away your freedom - Slam

Never give anyone the power to take away your freedom

You serving time outside of the penitentiary - Slam

You serving time outside of the penitentiary

His invisible strokes are felt - Slam

His invisible strokes are felt

The wind is the moon's imagination Wandering - Slam

The wind is the moon's imagination Wandering

You can give birth to an excuse so easily - Slam

You can give birth to an excuse so easily

Now is the essence of my domain - Slam

Now is the essence of my domain

I am before that I am before - Slam

I am before that I am before

But it's too late They start shooting at the children and killing them - Slam

But it's too late They start shooting at the children...

My niggas are dying before their time - Slam

My niggas are dying before their time

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Grand Jury Prize, 1998 Sundance Film Festival. A talented youth (Saul Williams) copes with urban crime and despair by competing in poetry slams. Sonja Sohn of "The Wire" costars.

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Director: Marc Levin

Writer: Marc Levin, Richard Stratton, Sonja Sohn

Production: Off Line Entertainment Group

Genre: drama

Year: 1998

MetaScore: 73/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: $1,009,819

Released: 07 Oct 1998

Awards: 4 wins & 3 nominations

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