| Slam Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| An intense look at the low quality of life for blacks in the inner city
of Washington, D.C., where killings and drugs are commonplace. SLAM has
the feel of a documentary film, as it traces the story of a young rapper
and minor drug dealer, Ray (Saul),...more |
| Slam Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| SLAM
(Trimark)
Starring: Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, Bonz Malone, Beau Sia.
Screenplay: Marc Levin, Richard Stratton, Bonz Malone, Saul Williams and
Sonja Sohn.
Producers: Henri M. Kessler, Richard Stratton, Marc Levin.
Director: Marc Levin.
MPAA...more |
| Slam Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Susan Granger's review of "SLAM" (Trimark Pictures)
Marc Levin's low-budget ($1 million) chronicle of poetry
behind bars justifiably captured the 1998 Grand Jury Prize at the
Sundance Film Festival and the Camera D'Or at the Cannes Film
Festival....more |
| Slam Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| "Welcome to the DC jail," the tough guard barks matter-of-factly to the
new inmate. "You might make it out of here, and you might not." He
then rattles off, drill sergeant fashion, the depressing statistics for
the percentages of African-American adult...more |
| Slam Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| Marc Levin's _Slam_ is a powder keg of a movie, exploding with emotional
honesty and truth and the exuberant passion of raw young talent. It is an
uplifting and exhilarating experience, a powerful work that deservedly won
the Grand Jury Prize at this...more |
