Released:
1998-10-07

Overview:
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.

Director:
Marc Levin

Runtime:
1h 44min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Saul Williams
  as
  Ray Joshua
• 
  Sonja Sohn
  as
  Lauren Bell
• 
  Bonz Malone
  as
  Hopha
• 
  Lawrence Wilson
  as
  Big Mike
• 
  Beau Sia
  as
  Jimmy Huang