Raymond Joshua, a young black performance poet, is arrested and imprisoned for a petty marijuana charge in a Washington, D.C. jail. Although the confining prison walls do little to shield him from danger, it is within those walls that Raymond establishes his identity, strength, and voice and meets a prison gang leader and a prison writing teacher, Lauren Bell. Bell inspires Raymond to use the power of creative expression to free himself from the struggles and demise of the Black male as another victim of the judicial system.
Slam has generally received positive reviews.
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Slam was released in 1998 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 72 reviews, giving Slam (1998) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 87%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 76%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Slam than critics were.
With a score of 74%, Slam is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1998, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1998 with similar scores include films like Enemy of the State, Cats and The Mighty.
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