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Release Date: 07 Wed, Oct 1998
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.
as Ray Joshua
as Lauren Bell
as Hopha
as Big Mike
as Jimmy Huang
as China
as Bay (Jail Rapper)
as Do Wop Cop
as Do Wop Cop
as Chief C.O.
as Officer Dom
as Jail Class Poet 'Why'
as Party Poet 'Diminuendo in Blue'
as Slam Poet 'Ice Cream'
as Slam Poet 'Like'
as Slam MC
as Public Defender
as Prosecutor
as Judge
as Weed Buyer
as Dodge City Crew
as Dodge City Crew
as Dodge City Crew
as Jail C.O.
as Jail C.O.
as Command Center C.O.
as Hallway C.O.
as Bullpen Inmate
as Bullpen Inmate
as Poetry Class
as Thug Life Crew
as Van Inmate
as Van Inmate
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