Released:
1998-01-01

Overview:
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.

Director:
Paul Devlin

Runtime:
1h 23min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Saul Williams
  as
  Self
• 
  Beau Sia
  as
  Self
• 
  Craig muMs Grant
  as
  Self
• 
  jessica Care moore
  as
  Self
• 
  Taylor Mali
  as
  Self