SlamNation: The Sport of Spoken Word
Paul Devlin
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Plot Summary
Beginning in New York City at the Nuyorican Poets Café's Grand Slam tournament, the film follows slam champion Saul Williams and three other top poets--Beau Sia, Mums the Schemer, and Jessica Care Moore--as they journey to the annual National Poetry Slam, the Super Bowl of spoken-word poetry. Tensions run high as they join dozens of spoken-word artists from across the nation to compete for the championship-and the cash prize. Judges, chosen randomly from the audience, score poets on a scale from 0 to 10. The drama unfolds as rivalries are revealed and controversies arise, underscoring larger questions of art versus ego and self-expression versus self-advancement. Produced and directed by Emmy award-winner Paul Devlin (Power Trip), "SlamNation" will expose you to the raw energy and sheer talent of some of the greatest performance poets in the world.
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Customer Reviews
Presenting the history of slam culture...Slam Nation
Slam Nation is a provocative glimpse into the current state of post-modern American poetry in all its gritty, rhythmic, and oftentimes vulgar charm, pulsating with the verve and angst of our times.
The World Series of Poetry
This is the ultimate poetry slam. As an enthusiast of poetry and a poet myself, this film give insight to a side poetry many people have never seen or even heard of before. A true art, an art of its own kind!
Fascinating documentary about Slam Poetry. Raw and unfiltered
This movie does a great justice to the art form, and to the poets themselves. They are presented without judgement, without any sort of barrier. Its raw poetry and raw performances from some of the best. Check it out.
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