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Title:

Slamnation [videorecording] : the sport of spoken word / Slammin' Entertainment ; produced by Paul Devlin, Tom Poole, Michael Shaw ; directed by Paul Devlin.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Edition:

Uncensored.

Publisher:

distributed by New Video Group,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

2 videodiscs (ca. 91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Poetry slams.
Poetry--Competitions.
Documentary films.

Other Authors:

Devlin, Paul.
Williams, Saul.
Sia, Beau.
Da Schemer, Mums.
Moore, Jessica Care.
Mali, Taylor.
Poole, Tom.
Shaw, Michael.
Slammin' Entertainment.
Docurama (Firm)
New Video Group.

Notes:

Saul Williams, Beau Sia, Mums Da Schemer, Jessica Care Moore, Taylor Mali. DVD release of the 1998 motion picture. Special features: original Slammin' TV pilot; "Special Play" mode with complete, uncut versions of all poems; filmmaker commentary with Slam founder Marc Smith and slam champ Taylor Mali; bonus poems; filmmaker biography; theatrical trailer.

Contents:

Disc 1. Main feature -- Disc 2. Bonus disc.

Summary:

Before Russell Simmons' Def Poety Jam, Slamnation captured the cutthroat world of spoken-word poetry. The film follows Saul Williams and three other top poets as they make their way to the National Poetry Slam, the Super Bowl of poetry.

ISBN:

9780767085939
0767085930

OCLC:

(OCoLC)62157579

UPC:

767685974933

Locations:

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)