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Slam Planet: War of the Words - WORLD PREMIERE

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War of the Words
an official selection of the 2006 SXSW Film Festival...



Poetry Slam [n]: a competitive spoken word performance in which participants have three minutes on the mic to prove themselves to five judges who have been selected at random from the audience.



Slam Planet is a feature-length documentary about two teams of artists in the Poetry Slam movement. One team hails from Austin, Texas, while the other represents the Bowery Poetry Club on Manhattan’s lower East Side. Our story follows this diverse tribe of verse-slinging warriors from the competitions where they earn their spot on the team, through months packed with rehearsals and the struggle to live as emerging artists, all the way to the moment where they will be defined by three minutes of glory or heartbreak at the National Poetry Slam — seventy teams of poets, four days of verbal slugfests, one winner.

Started in a former Al Capone haunt in Chicago in 1986, slam has emerged into an international pop culture zeitgeist. Competitors deliver dynamic, high-energy performances full of humor and pathos, absurdity and universal truths, and Slam Planet captures all of it in a series of unforgettable, intertwined storylines featuring real-life poets who double as richly-rendered characters.

In addition to the close-up views into the fascinating subculture of slam, the documentary also features two of the slam phenomenon’s most unlikely high-profile champions – famed TV producer Norman Lear and legendary hip hop entrepreneur Russell Simmons.

It takes a lot of courage to play this game. Audience members will remain constantly aware of the struggles and risks that the slammers take, both on stage and off stage, to tell their stories.


WORLD PREMEIRE / SXSW FILM FESTVAL 2006

Sunday, 3.12, 10:30 pm / Thursday, 3.16, noon / Saturday, 3.18, 1:30 pm
All Screenings at Alamo Drafthouse South


COME GET YOUR SLAM ON!!!

Please join us at the Slam Planet pre-party:
Saturday, March 11, 8 pm – midnight
Progress Coffee / Corner of 5th and San Marcos, two blocks East of I-35
Featuring DJ Nick Nack and DJ Mel plus the cast of Slam Planet and special guests
For more information, check out www.slamplanetmovie.com.

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Ragan Fox





Jun 20 2007 7:40 PM

Warren





Apr 21 2006 7:58 AM

Just saw the la screening... Thought the movie was great... Truly entertaining.
Steven





Mar 19 2006 3:23 AM

I saw the movie today and I must say it kicks very much ass. It has opened up my eyes to slam poetry.
FLAMBEAULISTIQUE / MUSIC = LIFE





Mar 9 2006 5:38 PM

CANT WAIT.....I'M ALREADY JUST HOOKED ON THE TRAILER!!!!!
Ali





Mar 8 2006 5:57 PM

YAY! I'm your first friend! Can't wait 'til the premiere... it will be AWESOME!! :)
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