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Summary
A team of young black Slam Poets stake their reputations on the risk of telling hard truths as they compete for the National Championship during the racially-charged summer of 2016.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 91Audiences 87GoodWatch 76
Tomatometer91%
IMDb8.8
Audience score86%
Running time
1 h 35 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9695Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 6 more
Released
2018
April 20, 2018
8 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Directing · 1
- Max Powers Director
Production · 3
- Judd Ehrlich Executive Producer
- Nikhil Melnechuk Producer
- Cora Atkinson Producer
Camera · 1
- Peter Buntaine Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Nathan Punwar Editor
- David Lieberman Editor
Sound · 1
- Khari Mateen Music
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