Don't Be Nice / Juno Films.

The upstart Bowery Slam Poetry Team, made up of five young African-American, Afro-Hispanic and queer poets, prepares for the national championships. Mentored by a demanding coach who pushes them past their personal boundaries to write from a painfully honest place, the poets break down, break throug...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors:	Infobase (Film distributor) Juno Films (Firm)
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Juno Films, [2018]
Series:	Films on Demand.
Subjects:	American literature > 20th century. American literature > 21st century. Equality. Ethnicity. Language arts. Literature. Racism. Sociology. Internet videos.
Genre:	Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 36 min., 23 sec)) : sound, color.
Format:	Electronic Video

Contents:

Final Five (3:57); Francois' Background (3:44); Second Meeting (3:03); Excited About Competition (3:13); Jazz Poem (1:59); Nana and Cornrows (3:34); Seven Weeks to Nationals (5:24); National Poetry Slam Northeast Regional (6:54); Five Weeks to Nationals (6:27); Finalizing Poems (7:10); Pursuit of Acting (5:08); Breaking Point? (4:30); Two Weeks to Nationals (4:42); Philando Castile (8:51); Writing About Black Experience (1:46); "Graveyard of Poems ..." (4:08); One Day to Nationals (2:40); National Poetry Slam First Bout (5:40); National Poetry Slam Semifinals (6:12); Eliminated but Successful (5:08); Credits: Don't Be Nice (0:00);