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Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Drama

Runtime:

104 minutes

Year:

1998

Directors:

Marc Levin

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Production companies:

Off Line Entertainment Group

Actors:

Ray Joshua

Lauren Bell

Hopha

Big Mike

Jimmy Huang

Crews:

Director

Story

Original Music Composer

Screenplay

Director of Photography