Slam - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1901680274 ISBN 13: 9781901680270

Publisher: ScreenPress Books, 1999

Synopsis

Publisher: Grove Press
Date of Publication: 1999
Binding: soft cover
Edition:
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1901680274

About this title

From the Publisher

Slam
Winner of the 1998 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, this is one of the most powerful screenplays around, a passionate scream from a disparate community trying to make sense of a world that just doesn't . This book contains the shooting script, production notes and cast and crew diaries from this award-winning film. The book also contains a number of slam poems reproduced in their entirety as well as stills from the film and on set photography...

Synopsis

Set in Washington DC, this screenplay is the story of a talented young poet and rapper, who is busted on petty drugs charges and is caught up in the criminal justice system. In jail, a volunteer teacher encourages him to use his gift to voice the anguish of a generation of young men who have been thrown away.

About this edition

• Publisher: ScreenPress Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1901680274
• ISBN 13: 9781901680270
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 279
• Editor: Stratton Richard, Wozencraft Kim