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Blending conventions of fictional and documentary cinema, a story about the prison relationship between a rapper and a teacher that inspires the former to improve conditions on the streets of Washington DC.
Blending conventions of fictional and documentary cinema, a story about the prison relationship between a rapper and a teacher that inspires the former to improve conditions on the streets of Washington DC.
Cast & Crew
Marc Levin
Director
Dj Renegade
Party Poet 'Diminuendo In Blue'
Liza Jessie Peterson
Slam Poet 'Ice Cream'
Taylor Mali
Slam Poet 'Like'
Carolyn Morris
Hallway Co (Jail)
Leonard A Thompson
Bullpen Inmate (Jail)
Todd Baker
Bullpen Inmate (Jail)
Wilson Joseph
Poetry Class (Jail)
Talib Watson
Thug Life Crew (Jail)
Kevin Kennedy
Van Inmate (Jail)
Donnell Robinson
Van Inmate (Jail)
Ronald Armstrong
Extra (Dodge City)
Zachary Banks
Extra (Dodge City)
Karkesha Best
Extra (Dodge City)
Kenneth Blackson
Extra (Dodge City)
Joseph Bragg
Extra (Dodge City)
Laroy Bryant
Extra (Dodge City)
Dameka Carpenter
Extra (Dodge City)
Nakell Carpenter
Extra (Dodge City)
Channelle Carter
Extra (Dodge City)
Harry Cashwell
Extra (Dodge City)
Lorenzo Charlene
Extra (Dodge City)
Karen Jo Davis
Extra (Dodge City)
Arlisha Doctor
Extra (Dodge City)
Caprice Donaldson
Extra (Dodge City)
Terence Fenwick
(Dodge City)
Michelle Flowers
Exctra (Dodge City Extra)
Carinia Fowlkes
Extra (Dodge City)
William D Haynes
Extra (Dodge City)
Denise Helon
Extra (Dodge City)
Harry Herbert
Extra (Dodge City)
Kevin Hudgens
Extra (Dodge City)
Brittney Jackson
Extra (Dodge City)
Jeanette Jackson
Extra (Dodge City)
Orlando Jackson
Extra (Dodge City)
Johany Jacobs
Extra (Dodge City)
Coressa Johnson
Extra (Dodge City)
Danielle Mitchell
Extra (Dodge City)
Dawn Mitchell
Extra (Dodge City)
Fernando Moore
Extra (Dodge City)
Lionell Pugh
Extra (Dodge City)
Michelle Robinson
Extra (Dodge City)
Shaqonda Samuels
Extra (Dodge City)
Edward Stephens
Extra (Dodge City)
Reginald Sullivan
Extra (Dodge City)
Carlton Talley
Extra (Dodge City)
Matthew Upshaw
Extra (Dodge City)
Franklin Upshaw
Extra (Dodge City)
Derrick Walker
Extra (Dodge City)
Sharon Washington
Extra (Dodge City)
Osborne West
Extra (Dodge City)
Christopher Williams
Extra (Dodge City)
Velitha Williams
Extra (Dodge City)
Alden Wilson
Extra (Dodge City)
Alexis Woodland
Extra (Dodge City)
Aveon Young
Extra (Dodge City)
Jason Young
Extra (Dodge City)
Maurice Alexander
Courtroom Extra (Washington/Dc)
Tariq Amir
Courtroom Extra (Washington/Dc)
Anthony Brown
Courtroom Extra (Washington/Dc)
Gregory J Ferrell
Courtroom Extra (Washington/Dc)
Latanya Michelle Graham
Courtroom Extra (Washington/Dc)
Albert L Hewley
Courteroom Extra (Washington/Dc)
Dwayne Roberts
Courtroom Extra (Washington/Dc)
Christopher Robinson
Courtroom Extra (Washington/Dc)
Amos M Sirleaf
Courtroom Extar (Washington/Dc)
Bertrand Thomas
Courtroom Extra (Washington/Dc)
Ruth Yohannes
Courtroom Extra (Washington/Dc)
Deborah Bardes
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Darryl Butler
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Anderson E Carter
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Wilfred Cooper
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Gerry Dyson
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Donald Edwards
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
John L Gentry
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Yvette C Gordon
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Jay Hawkins
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Levi Ibeawuchi
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Agnes Johnson
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Edward L Joyner
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Hazel Lee
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Stephan Murphy
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Edwin Onyetwu
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Marc Parris
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Howard Perry
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Samuel Richardson
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Tony A Robinson
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Gwen Robinson-El
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Quiah Saydee
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Janie Scruggs
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Christopher Simmons
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Denise Thomas
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Karl White
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Louis J White
Extra (Department Of Corrections)
Sean Briggs
Extra (Poetry Party)
Tz-Nehisi Coates
Extra (Poetry Party)
Mignonette E Dooley
Extra (Poetry Party)
Assata Efuru Ma'At
Extra (Poetry Party)
Jonathon Gray
Extra (Poetry Party)
Brandon Johnson
Extra (Poetry Party)
Alan C Page
Extra (Poetry Party)
Victor V Soto
Extra (Poetry Party)
Jennifer Thomas
Extra (Poetry Party)
Imani Tolliver
Extra (Poetry Party)
Maurice Wave
Extra (Poetry Party)
Yolanda Wilson
Extra (Poetry Party)
Rachel Zellars
Extra (Poetry Party)
Beans Father
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Jessica Care Moore
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Sweetest Revolutionary
Extra (Poetry Slam)
John Sinclair
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Khari Akinsheye
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Songul Akturk
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Garvier Anthony
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Herve Auguste
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Melissa Battazar
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Linda Belkebir
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Libby Black
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Adonna Carr
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Kimberli Carter-Harrington
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Jelani Cobb
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Giorgio Gomelsky
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Karen Glass
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Lydia Goldstein
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Helene Gralnick
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Marvin Gralnick
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Leon Greenbaum
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Steve Hodgkins
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Sophia Holman
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Brian D Kelly
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Klini Ibura Salaam
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Mirlande Jean-Gilles
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Mary L Johnson
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Dirk Joseph
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Ilyana Kadushin
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Rhonda Keyser
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Reggie Mason
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Steven McLaughlin
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Norman Mcpherson
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Stewart Meyer
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Oliver Mallah
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Mario Moorhead
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Nasir Naqvi
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Gretchen Nelson
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Carmen O'Connor
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Eric Quiroga
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Charley Ray
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Daisy Reinhardt
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Susan Rogers
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Judith Rahilly
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Stefanie Scarborough
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Marvin J Sewell
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Robyn Schultz
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Shariff Simmons
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Mariahadessa Tallie
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Edwin Torres
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Alistair Towers
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Mel-Christopher Young
Extra (Poetry Slam)
Stephen E. Miller
Extra
Mark Benjamin
Director Of Photography
Brian Cotnoir
Additional Editing
Tim Squyres
Editorial Consultant
Alison Ellwood
Editorial Consultant
Julianne Jordan
Music Supervisor
Paul Miller
Songs ("Galactic Funk (Live From The Black Hole Mix)" "Phase Interlude" "Epilogue (Processed Digital Feedback)" "Hologrammic Dub" "Primary Inversion" "Nihilism Dub" "Anansi Abstrakt" "Prologue (The Duchamp Effect)" "The Terran Of Alpha Centauri Year 2794" "High Density" "Juba")
Claude Johnson
Song ("What'S Your Name")
R Ross
Song ("I Dare You (Contains 'Under The Influence Of Love')")
H Pierre
Song ("I Dare You (Contains 'Under The Influence Of Love')")
R Frierson
Song ("I Dare You (Contains 'Under The Influence Of Love')")
B White
Song ("Under The Influence Of Love")
D Politi
Song ("Under The Influence Of Love")
R Bean
Song ("I Can See")
John Fareed
Song ("Hey")
C Gavin
Song ("Sellin' Dope (Drugs Oppress People Everyday)")
L Alford
Song ("Sellin' Dope (Drugs Oppress People Everyday)")
Martin Mckinney
Song ("Country Livin' (The World I Know)")
J Trugman
Song ("The Park (Contains 'Rock Creek Park')")
R Jones
Song ("The Park (Contains 'Rock Creek Park')")
A Ivey
Song ("The Park (Contains 'Rock Creek Park')")
J Hall
Song ("Rock Creek Park")
S Johnson
Song ("Rock Creek Park")
K Killgo
Song ("Rock Creek Park")
K Toney
Song ("Rock Creek Park")
O Saunders
Song ("Rock Creek Park")
Big Pun
Song
Rl Haggard
Song ("Sex Money & Drugs (Contaoins 'Sunshine')")
Keir Gist
Song ("Sex Money & Drugs (Contains 'Sunshine')")
Darren Lighty
Song ("Sex Money & Drugs (Contains 'Sunshine')")
Philip Bailey
Song ("Sunshine")
Maurice White
Song ("Sunshine")
Al Mckay
Song ("Sunshine")
V Santiago
Song ("Thug Poetry (Contains 'Rainbow Ride')")
A Brown
Song ("Thug Poetry (Contains 'Rainbow Ride')")
E Almonte
Song ("Thug Poetry (Contains 'Rainbow Ride')")
M Allen
Song ("Thug Poetry (Contains 'Rainbow Ride')")
Eric Barrier
Song ("Paid In Full")
William Griffin
Song ("Paid In Full")
T Smith
Song ("Take A Walk In My Shoes")
R Mcnair
Song ("Take A Walk In My Shoes")
W Lewis
Song ("Take A Walk In My Shoes")
L Jones
Song ("Take A Walk In My Shoes")
R Fisher
Song ("Take A Walk In My Shoes")
A Johnson
Song ("Feel My Gat Blow")
K Muchita
Song ("Feel My Gat Blow")
Brand Nubian
Song
Pras Michel
Song ("Ain'T No Stoppin' (Contains 'One To One')")
Aj-Basser Holly
Song ("Ain'T No Stoppin' (Contains 'One To One')")
Goel Witherspoon
Song ("Ain'T No Stoppin' (Contains 'One To One')")
Nasis Hurst
Song ("Ain'T No Stoppin' (Contains 'One To One')")
Marvin Moorehough
Song ("Ain'T No Stoppin' (Contains 'One To One')")
David Mcrae
Song ("Ain'T No Stoppin' (Contains 'One To One')")
Randy Muller
Song ("One To One")
Rob Black
Song Performer ("I Dare You (Contains 'Under The Influence Of Love')")
Love Unlimited
Song Performer ("Under The Influence Of Love")
Tekitha & Cappadonna
Song Performer ("I Can See")
Q-Tip
Song Performer ("Hey" (Q-Tip Of A Tribe Called Quest))
Russell Jones
Song Performer ("The Park (Contains 'Rock Creek Park')")
Coolio
Song Performer ("The Park (Contains 'Rock Creek Park')")
Blackbyrds
Song Performer ("Rock Creek Park")
Big Pun
Song Performer ("Sex Money & Drugs (Contains 'Sunshine')" (Featuring Next))
Earth Wind And Fire
Song Performer ("Sunshine")
Noreaga
Song Performer ("Thug Poetry (Contains 'Rainbow Ride')" (Featuring Brown & Maze))
Flipmode Squad
Song Performer ("Take A Walk In My Shoes (Featuring Busta Rhymes/Rampage/Spliffstar/Babysham/Rab Diggs))
Busta Rhymes
Song Performer ("Take A Walk In My Shoes" (Featuring Flipmode Squad/Rampage/Spliffstar/Babysham/Rab Diggs))
Rampage
Song Performer ("Take A Walk In My Shoes" (Featuring Flipmode Squad/Busta Rhymes/Spliffstar/Babysham/Rab Diggs))
Spiffstar
Song Performer ("Take A Walk In My Shoes" (Featuring Flipmode Squad/Busta Rhymes/Rampage/Babysham/Rab Diggs))
Babysham
Song Performer ("Take A Walk In My Shoes" (Featuring Flipmode Squad/Busta Rhymes/Rampage/Spliffstar/ Rab Diggs))
Rab Diggs
Song Performer ("Take A Walk In My Shoes" (Featuring Flipmode Squad/Busta Rhymes/Rampage/Spliffstar/ Babysham))
Mobb Deep
Song Performer ("Feel My Gat Blow")
Brand Nubian
Song Performer ("Time Is Running Out")
Most Wanted
Song Performer ("Ain'T No Stoppin' (Contains 'One To One')" (Featuring Pras & The Product))
Pras & The Product
Song Performer ("Ain'T No Stoppin' (Contains 'One To One')" (Featuring Most Wanted))
Construction Brass
Song Performer ("One To One")
Manish Raval
Music Coordinator (Immortal Records)
Tom Wolfe
Music Coordinator (Immortal Records)
Marcus Janner
Titles Designer (Duart Digital)
Holly Kempner
Titles Designer (Duart Digital)
Jason Stoff
Titles Designer (Duart Digital)
Rick Dior
Digital Cinema (Re-Recording Mixing Facilities)
Zeal Harris
Makeup
Jeremy Saulnier
Effects Makeup
David Hocs
Sound
David Jauni
Sync Sound (Re-Recording Mixing Facilities)
Aurum Producciones
Theatrical Distributor
Lucky Red
Theatrical Distributor
Golden Village
Theatrical Distributor
Nonstop Entertainment (Nse)
Theatrical Distributor
Mars Distribution
Theatrical Distributor
Trimark Pictures
Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Metro Tartan Distributors
Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Trimark Home Video
Domestic Video Distributor
Mars Distribution
Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Eleni Tsokanos
Production Coordinator
Richard Skeete
Supervisor
Rhozier T Brown
Technical Consultant
Additional Details
| MPAA Ratings: | R | Premiere Info: | |
| Release Date: | 1998 | Production Date: | |
| Color/B&W: | Distributions Co: | TRIMARK/TRIMARK PICTURES | |
| Sound: | Production Co: | .....Production Company, .....Production Company, Duart Film And Video .....Production Company, .....Production Company, Aurum Producciones .....Theatrical Distributor, Lucky Red .....Theatrical Distributor, Golden Village .....Theatrical Distributor, Nonstop Entertainment (Nse) .....Theatrical Distributor, Mars Distribution .....Theatrical Distributor, .....Theatrical Distributor, Trimark Pictures .....Domestic Theatrical Distributor, Metro Tartan Distributors .....Foreign Theatrical Distributor, .....Foreign Theatrical Distributor, Trimark Home Video .....Domestic Video Distributor, Mars Distribution .....Foreign Theatrical Distributor, .....Domestic Theatrical Distributor | |
| Duration(mins): | Country: | United States (USA) | |
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