Slam
By: edited by Richard Stratton and Kim Wozencraft.
Contributors: Stratton, Richard; Wozencraft, Kim.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Slam (Motion picture)
Description: Set in a war-zone housing project known as Dodge City and in the infamous Washington, D.C., city jail, Slam tells the story of Ray Joshua, a talented young poet and rapper who is busted on petty drug charges and sucked into the black hole of the criminal justice system. In jail, Ray meets Lauren, a volunteer teaching a writing class for the prisoners. She encourages Ray to use his gift to give voice to the anguish of a generation of young men who have been thrown away.

And this book is more than just a screenplay. It also contains the poetry featured in the film, as well as behind-the-scenes filmmakers' and actors' diaries telling the story of the making of Slam in a two-week guerilla shoot inside the walls of the D.C. jail and on the killing streets of the Anacostia housing projects in southeast Washington, D.C.