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The First Slam Dunk (J) RUNNING TIME 2 hr 5 mins. RATING. ADVICE Some Violence. SYNOPSIS. Shohoku's “speedster” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure.
Ricky Nasser is a young Australian whose peaceful suburban life turns into hell when sister Ameena, a slam poet, disappears without a trace.
Oct 7, 1998 · Slam: Directed by Marc Levin. With Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, Bonz Malone, Lawrence Wilson. Grand Jury Prize, 1998 Sundance Film Festival. A talented youth (Saul Williams) copes with urban crime and despair by competing in poetry slams. Sonja Sohn of "The Wire" costars.
Slam is a 1998 American independent drama film directed, co-written and co-produced by Marc Levin and starring and co-written by Saul Williams and Sonja Sohn. It tells the story of a young African-American man whose talent for poetry is hampered by his social background.
Raymond is a young Black performance poet who's arrested and imprisoned for a petty marijuana charge. In jail he meets a prison gang leader and a writing teacher who inspires him to use the...
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Slam tells the story of Ricky, a young Arab Australian whose peaceful suburban life is turned on its head when his sister, Ameena, disappears without trace.
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Oct 23, 1998 · Advertisement. The movie stars Saul Williams, an effective actor, as Raymond Joshua, a young black man who is stopped by police who find four ounces of marijuana. He's innocent, he says, but he's advised by his public defender to cop a plea. That way he could get two to three years instead of up to ten.
