Slam

Words make sense of a world that won't.

APPROPIATE

1998 / 100min.

Rating6.8

Genres

Drama

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.

Directors

Marc Levin

Actors

Sonja Sohn

Kevin Kennedy

Bonz Malone

Beau Sia

Saul Williams

Bob Holman

DJ Renegade

Richard Stratton

Dominic Chianese Jr.

Marion Barry

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