Slam


This movie chronicles the artistic and spiritual odyssey of a small-time marijuana dealer and rapper who faces a lengthy prison sentence after being caught fleeing the scene of a drug-related shooting. Prison turns out to be even more terrifying than what he imagined. He uses his rap poetry to avoid getting beaten up, makes friends with a pretty female teacher, and hitches up with her when he gets out on bail.


103 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language) .
Drama, On the Art Circuit
Chew wanna rap or what?
Chew wanna rap or what?

Credits

Cast
Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, Bonz Malone, Lawrence Wilson
Director
Marc Levin
ScreenplayMarc Levin, Richard Stratton
MusicDJ Spooky
CinematographyMark Benjamin
Sound formatsDolby Digital
Made in1998
Produced byOff Line Entertainment Group

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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Movies for Africa
Ian Douglas
5
Cape Argus
Aldrin Naidu
15
The Star
Kimberly Newman
14
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
10
Rapport
Paul Boekkooi
16
TV3 Screenplay
Sandy Ngema
16
eye Weekly
Tom Lyons
10
Box Office
Ray Greene
18
Rough Cut
Brian M. Raftery
15

What the People say

Internet
112 Netizens
15

Average .. 67%

13

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: I fail to understand the awards and high ratings, maybe it is more meaningful for American audiences. Two critics walked out of the preview. There are two messages in the film, both aimed at American Blacks, but they could have made a 5 minute short to deliver that. The picture frequently goes in and out of focus, I'm not sure if this is incompetence or some advanced filmographic metaphor...






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