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Apr 09 2009
Video of the Day Slam Poetry Feature: 4 Walls
Featured at both Waxing Poetically and Art from the Outskirts
Enter the wham bam world of slam poetry! From the beaten path of the “beat” generation of the 1960s and Alan Ginsberg to the soulful cries of James Brown in the 70’s, Public Enemy in the 80s and the capricious coffeehouse wordplay of folk-influenced artists of the 90s such as Jewel and and jazzy, cultural upstarts like Arrested Development, Spoken word or “slam poetry” has arguably snatched the new millennium by the proverbial throat and thrust itself into the semi-mainstream consciousness . Still, with prolific voices like Saul Williams, Beau Sia and Ishle Park crooning and spittooning their words like arrows from slings into both the willing and reluctant hearts of their listeners, the slam family may have much more art to impart before quite poetically speaking, all is said and done.
The following piece is from a documentary of the slam poetry movement entitled 4 Walls
featuring Carlton “S.T.A.R.R.” Releford, a slam poetry artist from Knoxville, Tennessee.
Produced and directed by George Washington Rogers, IV. Executive Producers: Wash Rogers, Brian Greer, Kenneth Stephens. Editor: Brian Greer. Copyright 2007 Brass Knuckles Productions. For more information, please visit www.4wallsfilm.com.
Slam on!
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