Story Line
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.
“Words make sense of a world that won't.”
Top Cast

Saul Williams
Ray Joshua

Sonja Sohn
Lauren Bell
Bonz Malone
Hopha
Lawrence Wilson
Big Mike

Beau Sia
Jimmy Huang
Andre Taylor
China
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Rating
6.9/ 10
Release Date
1998-10-07
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Drama






