Slam

6.9
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 100 min
  • Premiere: 1998. October 7.

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.

Discover

Saul Williams

Ray Joshua

Sonja Sohn

Lauren Bell

Beau Sia

Jimmy Huang

Momolu Stewart

Bay (Jail Rapper)

Ron Jones

Do Wop Cop

Reamer Shedrick

Do Wop Cop

Allan E. Lucas

Chief C.O.

Jerome Goldman

Jail Class Poet 'Why'

DJ Renegade

Party Poet 'Diminuendo in Blue'

Liza Jessie Peterson

Slam Poet 'Ice Cream'

Taylor Mali

Slam Poet 'Like'

Bob Holman

Slam MC

Rhozier T. Brown

Public Defender

Richard Stratton

Prosecutor

Weusi Baraka

Weed Buyer

Eddie Black

Dodge City Crew

Harry Campbell

Dodge City Crew

Robert Philson

Dodge City Crew

Johnny Foye

Jail C.O.

Jesse Hicks

Command Center C.O.

Carolyn Morris

Hallway C.O.

Leonard A. Thompson Jr.

Bullpen Inmate

Todd Baker

Bullpen Inmate

Joseph A. Wilson

Poetry Class

Talib Watson

Thug Life Crew

Kevin Kennedy

Van Inmate

Donnell Robinson

Van Inmate

Camera

Mark Benjamin

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Jeremy Saulnier

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Directing

Marc Levin

Director

Editing

Emir Lewis

Editor

Production

David Peipers

Executive Producer

Daphne Pinkerson

Associate Producer

Marc Levin

Producer

Sound

DJ Spooky

Original Music Composer

Writing

Sonja Sohn

Screenplay

Bonz Malone

Screenplay

Marc Levin

Screenplay

Richard Stratton

Screenplay

Saul Williams

Screenplay