Slam (1998) on Netflix
A poet and aspiring rapper in Dodge City, Ray Joshua is arrested when a drug deal goes wrong. In jail, two rival gangs press him to join.
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Plot summary
Ray Joshua has a gift for poetry and wants to be a rapper, but he lives in Dodge City, a Southeast Washington, D.C. neighborhood where gang wars and drug dealing shape daily life. When a drug deal goes wrong, his friend Big Mike is shot, and Ray is arrested. He is taken to the District of Columbia's central detention facility and charged with possession of a controlled substance; bail is set at $10,000. His public defender presents three options: plead guilty, stand trial, or serve as an informant. Inside, the pressure to join a drug culture mirrors the outside, and the gangs Thug Life and the Union both want him. Ray refuses to take sides, and he joins a writing class taught by Lauren Bell.
Cast
- Bonz Maloneas Hopha
- Lawrence Wilsonas Big Mike
- Andre Tayloras China
- Momolu Stewartas Bay (Jail Rapper)
- Ron Jonesas Do Wop Cop
- Reamer Shedrickas Do Wop Cop
- Allan E. Lucasas Chief C.O.
- Dominic Chianese Jr.as Officer Dom
- Jerome Goldmanas Jail Class Poet 'Why'
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Slam (1998)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Dodge City, the Southeast Washington, D.C. neighborhood where Raymond "Ray" Joshua, played by Saul Williams, grows up, takes its name from real local slang for an actual Southeast D.C. neighborhood.
