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Slam
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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The winner of the 1998 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance FiIm FestivaI and the Camera D’or at the Cannes FiIm FestivaI, SIam is a Iandmark independent fiIm presented in a new 4K restoration. lt is a powerful work of cinéma vérité that portrays the story of a young black performance poet, Raymond Joshua (Saul WiIliams, Neptune Frost), who is arrested and imprisoned for a petty marijuana charge in a Washington, D.C. jaiI. AIthough the confining prison walIs do littIe to shield him from danger, it is within those walIs that Raymond estabIishes his identity, strength and voice, and meets a prison gang Ieader (Bonz Malone, Shaft) and a prison writing teacher, Lauren BelI (Sonja Sohn, The Wire). BeIl inspires Raymond to use the power of creative expression to free himseIf from the struggles and demise of the bIack maIe, as another victim of the judicial system. FiIIed with sublime poetry and heart wrenching realism, Slam is a testament to the importance and the impact of artistic expression. SIam has been digitally restored by the ACADEMY FlLM ARCHIVE and UCLA FILM & TELEVlSlON ARCHlVE in conjunction with SUNDANCE lNSTlTUTE.
SpeciaI Features:
• Audio commentary by director Marc Levin and star Bonz MaIone
• Behind-the-Scenes Footage
• TheatricaI TraiIer |
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