Movies: Bob Holman

  • 1998
    Slam

    Slam (1998)

    Slam

    6.81998HD

    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 establi...

    Slam
  • 2015
    Language Matters with Bob Holman

    Language Matters with Bob Holman (2015)

    Language Matters with Bob Holman

    102015HD

    There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this century, half of the world's languages will have vanished. Language Matters with Bob Holman is a two hour d...

    Language Matters with Bob Holman
  • 1998
    SlamNation

    SlamNation (1998)

    SlamNation

    61998HD

    Director Paul Devlin's fast-paced documentary follows four bards as they head to the 1996 National Poetry Slam in Portland, OR. The competition begins with the Grand Slam tournament at New York City's Nuyorican Poets Café, and then it's off to the na...

    SlamNation
  • 1969
    Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues

    Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues (1969)

    Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues

    01969HD

    Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues is a tribute and call to action for linguistic diversity. A 15-minute motion poem (poem on film), each line comes from a different treasure or minority language. 48 speakers each speak in their mother tongues, as line by...

    Khonsay: Poem of Many Tongues