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SlamNation

SlamNation

Documentary

1998, Movie, 1h 23min

Director Paul Devlin's fast-paced documentary follows four bards as they head to the 1996 National Poetry Slam in Portland, OR. The competition begins with the Grand Slam tournament at New York City's Nuyorican Poets Café, and then it's off to the nationals for chaps Saul Williams, Beau Sia, Mums the Schemer and Jessica Care Moore. The quartet vies against 26 other teams from across the country in a dramatic contest awash with tension, enmity and controversy.

Country: United States

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Craig muMs Grant,

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Critic Russell Smith

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7

...Paul Devlin's hugely entertaining documentary should provide plenty of fodder for your next literary coffee klatch...

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

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SlamNation was released in theaters on January 1, 1998.