Slam

A poet and aspiring rapper from a violent neighborhood is arrested after a failed drug deal, but refuses to conform to limited options and uses his words to challenge the system, eventually exposing a government experiment and inspiring others to break the cycle of violence. Slam is a 1998 American English-language Drama motion picture starring Saul Williams, Sonja Sohn, Marc Levin, Bonz Malone, Beau Sia, Lawrence Wilson and Donnell Robinson. Slam was Produced by Henri M. Kessler, Marc Levin and Richard Stratton. Slam is written by Marc Levin, Richard Stratton, Sonja Sohn, Bonz Malone and Saul Williams and it is directed by Marc Levin. Trimark Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Slam was released on 7th October 1998 and takes a screen time of 100 minutes. The motion picture made a box office gross of $0 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Marc Levin, Bonz Malone, Sonja Sohn, Richard Stratton and Saul Williams. Cinematography was done by Mark Benjamin and editing by Emir Lewis. The music was composed by Dj Spooky. At the 1998 Sundance Film Festival It won an award for Dramatic.