
Drama
Slam
6.9
100 min
1998
Marc Levin
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.
Top Cast

Saul Williams
Ray Joshua

Sonja Sohn
Lauren Bell

Bonz Malone
Hopha

Lawrence Wilson
Big Mike

Beau Sia
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