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"A "coming to life" ghetto tale of a street pharmacist / aspiring rapper who finds salvation in his rhymes. Trapped in Dodge City, a drug-infested war zone in southeast Washington D.C., Ray Joshua gets caught up ina drug deal gone bad and is sucked into the criminal justice system. In jail he finds truth in himself and his craft through Lauren Bell, a beautiful and charismatic writing teacher who leads him to the path of salvation. Using his talent for poetic rap, Ray learns to survive and rise above the pain of his lost generation."
"A "coming to life" ghetto tale of a street pharmacist / aspiring rapper who finds salvation in his rhymes. Trapped in Dodge City, a drug-infested war zone in southeast Washington D.C., Ray Joshua gets caught up ina drug deal gone bad and is sucked into the criminal justice system. In jail he finds truth in himself and his craft through Lauren Bell, a beautiful and charismatic writing teacher who leads him to the path of salvation. Using his talent for poetic rap, Ray learns to survive and rise above the pain of his lost generation."@en
"Ray Joshua, poète et rappeur, vit dans un quartier mal famé de Washington DC. Un jour alors qu'il discute avec son dealer, celui-ci est abattu à bout portant sous ses yeux. Ray est arrêté et envoyé dans une prison où chacun se trouve obligé de choisir entre deux bandes rivales. Mais Ray n'est pas un prisonnier comme les autres. Il pratique le slam, mélange de poésie et de rap, qu'il utilise pour se faire respecter. Lauren Bell, une jeune enseignante qui apprend l'écriture aux prisonniers, le remarque et tente de l'aider à s'en sortir..."
"When aspiring rapper Ray Joshua lands in prison due to a bad drug deal, he finds salvation with a beautiful teacher who helps him develop his talent for poetic rap."
"When aspiring rapper Ray Joshua lands in prison due to a bad drug deal, he finds salvation with a beautiful teacher who helps him develop his talent for poetic rap."@en
"A "coming to life" ghetto tale of a street pharmacist/aspiring rapper who gets caught in a drug deal gone bad. He goes to jail, where a writing teacher helps him find truth in himself and his poetic rap."@en
""A 'coming to life' ghetto tale of a street pharmacist/aspiring rapper who finds salvation in his rhymes. Trapped in Dodge City, a drug-infested war zone in Southeast Washington D.C., Ray Joshua gets caught up in a drug deal gone bad and is sucked into the criminal justice system. In jail he finds truth in himself and his craft through Lauren Bell, a beautiful and charismatic writing teacher who leads him to the path of salvation. Using his talent for poetic rap, Ray learns to survive and rise above the pain of his lost generation"--DVD sleeve. "Slam tells the story of Ray Joshua, an original, gifted young MC trapped in a war-zone housing project known as Dodge City. Unable to find a job, Ray copes with the despair and poverty of his neighborhood by using his wits and verbal talent. ... Young Ray Joshua lives in the Washington, DC, district known as Dodge City, which is dominated by gang wars. One day he is arrested when his drug dealer is gunned down while talking to him. He is put to prison where two rival gangs, Thug Life and the Union, want to recruit him as a member"--Internet movie database, as viewed on April 22, 2008."@en
"DVD version includes the trailer, production commentary by Marc Levin and Bonz Malone, and the music video Goodie Mob & Esthero, The world I know."@en
"The unanimous winner of the 1998 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Slam is a "coming to life"ghetti tale pf a street paharmacist-aspiring rapper who finds salvation in his rhymes. Trapped in Dodge City, a drug-infested war zone in southeast Washington D.C., Rau Joshua (Saul Williams) gets caught up in a drug deal gone bad and is sucked into the criminal justice system. In jail, he finds truth in himself and his craft through Lauren Bell (Sonja Sohn), a beautiful and charismatic writing teacher who leads him to the path of salvation. Using the talent for poetic rap, Ray learns to survive and rise above the pain of his lost generation."
"Trapped in Dodge City, a drug-infested war zone in southeast Washington, D.C., Ray Joshua gets caught up in a drug deal gone bad and is sucked into the criminal justice system. In jail he finds truth in himself and his craft through Lauren Bell, a beautiful and charismatic writing teacher who leads him to the path of salvation. Using his talent for poetic rap, Ray learns to survive and rise above the pain of his lost generation.--From publisher description."
"Trapped in Dodge City, a drug-infested war zone in southeast Washington, D.C., Ray Joshua gets caught up in a drug deal gone bad and is sucked into the criminal justice system. In jail he finds truth in himself and his craft through Lauren Bell, a beautiful and charismatic writing teacher who leads him to the path of salvation. Using his talent for poetic rap, Ray learns to survive and rise above the pain of his lost generation.--From publisher description."@en
"When Ray gets caught up in a drug deal gone bad and ends up in prison where he finds truth in himself and in his music with the help of a writing teacher who leads him to the path of salvation using his talent for poetic rap."@en