Slam
Updated June 26, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Director: | Marc Levin |
| Writers: | Marc Levin and Richard Stratton |
| Trimark; 100; R minutes | |
| Release: | 10/98 |
| Cast: | Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn and Lawrence Wilson |
An inspiring film of hope set in a time and place when despair usually wins. When poet/pot dealer Raymond Joshua (Williams) lands in jail on a drug charge, he finds himself caught in the middle of a prison-yard gang fight and slams his way out a brutal fight. While in jail, Raymond enrolls in a creative-writing program taught by former junkie Lauren Bell (Sohn). Lauren encourages Raymond's creative gift for writing and reciting incantatory poems. The film, shot on a shoestring budget in 12 days, won the 1998 Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, as well as the 1998 Audience Award at Cannes.
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