SlamNation
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Beau Sia...himself a place on the 1996 Nuyorican National Poetry Slam team. That same year, he would be filmed for the documentary SlamNation. The film followed Sia and his Nuyorican teammates (Saul Williams, Jessica Care Moore and muMs da Schemer ) as... In this article: SlamNation, Jewel, New York City, Def Poetry, Beau Sia, Oklahoma City, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, and Tisch School of the Arts |
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Saul Williams
...he had become a talented open mic poet and in 1996 he won the title of Nuyorican Poets Cafe's Grand Slam Champion . The documentary film SlamNation follows Williams and the other members of the 1996 Nuyorican Poets Slam team (Beau Sia,...
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National Poetry Slam
The National Poetry Slam has also been the subject of several feature length documentaries, including the 1998 Paul Devlin film SlamNation, and the 2006 Kyle Fuller and Mike Henry film Slam Planet. National Poetry Slam Results by Year
In this article: New York, San Francisco, Paul Devlin, Chicago, and Albuquerque
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Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
...pains and continuing development of the Poetry Slam." The book features interviews with Saul Williams, Maggie Estep, Bob Holman and Slamnation director Paul Devlin, among others. Aptowicz also penned the non-fiction screenplay, Mutter, a...
In this article: Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Taylor Mali, Bob Holman, Philadelphia Film Festival, New York University, Anis Mojgani, Beau Sia, and Soft Skull Press
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Taylor Mali
...best known for the poem "What Teachers Make." He appeared in Taylor Mali & Friends Live at the Bowery Poetry Club and the documentaries "SlamNation" (1997) and "Slam Planet" (2006). He was also in the HBO production, "Russell Simmons...
In this article: Taylor Mali, Billy Collins, New York City, Peabody Award, Browning School, American Book Award, Collegiate School, Cape Cod Academy, and Kansas State University
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Jessica Care Moore
...televised Showtime at the Apollo competition 5 times in a row. That same year, she would be filmed for the documentary SlamNation. The film followed her and the 1996 Nuyorican Poetry Slam Team (Saul Williams, Beau Sia and Mums da Schemer) as...
In this article: Jessica Care Moore, Talib Kweli, Saul Williams, Showtime at the Apollo, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, AIDS, Essence, and The Last Poets
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MuMs da Schemer
...Jackson on the HBO series ''Oz ''. He first gained attention as a poet and performer when he was featured in the documentary SlamNation, which followed him and the other poets of 1996 Nuyorican Poetry Slam Team (Saul Williams, Beau Sia...
In this article: Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Beau Sia, Jessica Care Moore, Saul Williams, MuMs Da Schemer, HBO, Chappelle's Show, Boston Legal, and Def Poetry
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Paul Devlin (filmmaker)
...won 10 film festival awards, including top prizes at Berlin, Hot Docs-Toronto, and Florida. Paul also made the award-winning film SlamNation, which follows the fierce competition at the National Poetry Slam and helped popularize the dynamic...
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Nuyorican Poets Cafe
...in Los Angeles , California. In 1996, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Poetry Slam Team was the subject of a feature length documentary entitled SlamNation. Directed by Paul Devlin, the documentary follows Nuyorican Poetry Slam founder Bob Holman...
In this article: Miguel Algarin, Bob Holman, Rutgers University, Beau Sia, Edwin Torres, Pedro Pietri, Miguel Pinero, and Saul Williams
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SlamNation
SlamNation is a documentary film by director Paul Devlin . The film follows the National Poetry Slam in Portland, Oregon. SlamNation follows the 1996 Nuyorican Poetry Slam team (Saul Williams, Beau Sia, muMs da Schemer and Jessica Care...
In this article: Portland, Oregon, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Taylor Mali, Bob Holman, Marc Smith, Beau Sia, William Shakespeare, and Jessica Care Moore
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Marc Smith (American poet)
...poetry slams. He also tours with a show titled, Sandburg to Smith-Smith to Sandburg, which combines the work of both poets with live jazz. SlamNation - 1998, directed by Paul Devlin Sunday Night Poets - 2002, directed by David Rorie, Pugi...
In this article: Marc Kelly Smith, Chicago, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, and United States
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SlamNation is a documentary film by director Paul Devlin. The film follows the National Poetry Slam in Portland, Oregon.
SlamNation follows the 1996 Nuyorican Poetry Slam team (Saul Williams, Beau Sia, muMs da Schemer and Jessica Care Moore) as they competed at the 1996 National Poetry Slam held in Portland, OR. The film also features performances by Marc Smith, Patricia Smith, Taylor Mali and Bob Holman, among many others.
SlamNation is one of the first films to document the art and competition of the poetry slam: a spoken word competition where judges, randomly chosen from the audience, score poets on a scale from one to ten and the poet with the highest score at the end of the evening wins.
Though it would only enjoy a limited theatrical run, SlamNation was nonetheless critically well received. Roger Ebert wrote a glowing review, calling the poetry slam "a pop culture phenomenon" and explaining that "it stands in relation to the sport roughly as Shakespeare's Globe does to drama.". In her book Words In Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam, author Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz calls the film "slam's second bible" (behind the Nuyorican anthology Aloud) and writes,
==References==
- Name:
- SlamNation
- Country of Origin:
- USA
- Directed By:
- Paul Devlin
- Produced by:
- Tom Poole: Co-Producer, Michael Shaw: Co-Producer
- Editor:
- Paul Devlin
- Starring:
- Sean Williams, Jessica Care Moore, Beau Sia
- Music By:
- Chris Parker
- Website:
- http://www.slamnation.com
- Language:
- English
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