Slam with Saul Williams: DVD Cover

    Slam Director: Marc Levin Cast: Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, Bonz Malone

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    • DVD Release Date: 03/09/1999
    • Original Release: 1998
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 19,180

    Viewer Rating: (4 ratings)

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    Scenes

    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    0. Scene Index
    1. Main Credits [2:46]
    2. Kids [:57]
    3. Transaction [:53]
    4. Friends [3:04]
    5. Singing [1:07]
    6. Shooting [2:11]
    7. The Hearing [1:06]
    8. MC in the Van [3:22]
    9. In Jail [2:55]
    10. Attorney [2:29]
    11. Your Number [2:56]
    12. Serving Time [4:56]
    13. Nobody Eats [1:41]
    14. Introduction [5:25]
    15. In Line [6:46]
    16. Amethyst Rocks [3:08]
    17. How We Fight [1:41]
    18. Class [9:21]
    19. Cash Collateral [5:22]
    20. Blind [4:08]
    21. Last Bullet [1:55]
    22. Up to Me [3:47]
    23. Not Today [2:49]
    24. New World [9:12]
    25. Poetry Slam [3:04]
    26. Mack Truck [4:19]
    27. Time [3:57]
    28. Support [1:37]
    29. Decide [1:57]
    30. End Credits [4:23]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Filmmaker Marc Levin, known for his documentaries exploring prison life, drug addiction, and street gangs, won the 1998 Sundance Film Festival grand jury prize when he made his feature dramatic directorial debut with this downbeat prison drama about a black poet jailed on minor drug charges. At "Dodge City," a Washington, D.C., housing project, streetwise Ray Joshua (Saul Williams), a marijuana dealer who writes poetry, sees his drug connection gunned down, winds up busted as a murder suspect, and is also charged with possession. Incarcerated in a tough D.C. jail, Ray is caught between two rival gangs, Thug Life and the Union, when both compete for his membership, and he becomes friends with the Union's leader, Hopha (Vibe columnist Bonz Malone), and Lauren (Sonja Sohn), a volunteer who runs the prison's creative writing workshop. Prison yard fights between the rival gangs prompt a poem of such passion that Hopha decides to bring his connections into play to arrange for Ray's bail. Back in Dodge City, Ray learns Big Mike was blinded yet is still alive, and he joins Lauren in a poetry session. Real-life poets Williams and Sohn wrote their own material. This film was produced by Levin, New York nightclub owner Henri Kessler, and Prison Life magazine founder Richard Stratton, who spent eight years in prison on marijuana charges. Stratton encountered Williams during a 1996 poetry reading at New York's Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

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    Slamby Anonymous

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    December 06, 2002: I'm a young writer myself, I can very much relate to the energy that Saul Delivered in the film.I first seen the film when a friend brought the video over,and from that very day the word slam became so inspirational, that I came up with a special routine. I also gained further insights on scriptwriting true to life tales for video projects at school.I really do appreciate the work and efforts that was put into that work of art,(Slam) because I was touched in very positive way as far film and video is seen in all aspects of underground films. I strongly feel that 5 stars is deserved, but a nomination for an oscar would be even better. Peace ILLUM*1

    Slamby Anonymous

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    October 04, 2002: SLAM. The name suits the movie. SLAM has really moved me. It is positively one of the greatest movies ever filmed. Absolutely amazing. It is unusual, touching, intelegent, pereceptive, and at some times breathtaking. Saul Williams is a profound actor, who should be commended beyond the history of reward can bare. The words in this film, the rap, the poetry, the diaglogue: they sleep together to form such a kind, loving baby of deep thought. You will find yourself in tears, and awe after viewing SLAM. Your hands will cover your face and you will be saying, ''How...how...why...but....'' you will sputter, crying, thirsty for more! I was. Get SLAM, you will love it, irregardless.


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