SlamNation (1998) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language

1998 · 83 mins · English

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Directed by

Paul Devlin

Starring

Saul Williams, Craig Mums Grant, Beau Sia, Jessica Care Moore, Taylor Mali, Alexandra Oliver

Director Paul Devlin’s energetic documentary captures four spoken‑word artists—Saul Williams, Beau Sia, Mums the Schemer and Jessica Care Moore—on their journey to the 1996 National Poetry Slam in Portland, Oregon. It opens with the Grand Slam at New York’s Nuyorican Poets Café and follows the quartet as they battle 26 other teams, highlighting the intense rivalry, tension and controversy that define the competition.