

“Words make sense of a world that won't.”
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.
Director
Marc Levin
Writers
Richard Stratton, Sonja Sohn
Release Date
October 7, 1998
Runtime
1h 44m
Status
Released
Original Language
en
Vote Count
25
Off Line Entertainment Group