If a city becomes a ghost town, what happens to its youth?
"Broken City Poets” is a documentary that chronicles the lives of four high school students who are challenged to use poetry and journalism to make sense of their bankrupt, gang-ridden city.
The Center for Investigative Reporting and Youth Speaks, a San Francisco-based literary nonprofit hosted a series of poetry workshops in Stockton, California, in 2013. With nearly 300,000 residents, Stockton was the first large American city to file for bankruptcy and at one time was the nation’s foreclosure capital.
The students’ deadline for finishing their poems coincides with a citywide slam poetry competition whose winners will go on to compete in a national contest. During this journey, the students learn that language is a means of personal redemption, as well as a tool for social change.
Directed by Ariane Wu
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Ariane Wu
José Vadi
Michael I Schiller
Stephen Talbot
Executive Producers
Susanne Reber
Joaquin Alvarado
Hodari Davis
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Sound Design and Mix by
David Sandwisch and
Christopher Galipo
Music by
Marcus McCauley
Colorist
Zachary Medow
Titles
Rebecca Shumway
Starring
Joshua Merchant
Tama Brisbane
Jayda Daniels
Corey Baxter
Adrian Tyson Jr.
Alyssa Tinaco
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Showing posts with label Slam Poetry. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Broken City Poets | Short Documentary
If a city becomes a ghost town, what happens to its youth?
"Broken City Poets” is a documentary that chronicles the lives of four high school students who are challenged to use poetry and journalism to make sense of their bankrupt, gang-ridden city.
The Center for Investigative Reporting and Youth Speaks, a San Francisco-based literary nonprofit hosted a series of poetry workshops in Stockton, California, in 2013. With nearly 300,000 residents, Stockton was the first large American city to file for bankruptcy and at one time was the nation’s foreclosure capital.
The students’ deadline for finishing their poems coincides with a citywide slam poetry competition whose winners will go on to compete in a national contest. During this journey, the students learn that language is a means of personal redemption, as well as a tool for social change.
Directed by Ariane Wu
------
Ariane Wu
José Vadi
Michael I Schiller
Stephen Talbot
Executive Producers
Susanne Reber
Joaquin Alvarado
Hodari Davis
-----
Sound Design and Mix by
David Sandwisch and
Christopher Galipo
Music by
Marcus McCauley
Colorist
Zachary Medow
Titles
Rebecca Shumway
Starring
Joshua Merchant
Tama Brisbane
Jayda Daniels
Corey Baxter
Adrian Tyson Jr.
Alyssa Tinaco
The BreakBeat Poets | New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop | New Books
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edited by Kevin Coval, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Nate Marshall
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 9781608463954
Published: April, 2015
Type: Paperback
Publisher: Haymarket Books | New School Poetics
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop is the first poetry anthology of-its-kind. It's hip-hop poetica is written for and by the people. The BreakBeat Poets, who are multi-generational & multi-racial, are real-life documentarians of the late 20th and 21st century, employing traditional and wildstyle poetics to narrate a new country and city landscape. This is poetry for and by the people.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Kevin Coval is the author of ALA “Book of the Year” finalist Slingshots: A Hip-Hop Poetica and Everyday People. Founder of Louder Than a Bomb: The Chicago Teen Poetry Festival, Coval serves as Artistic Director and teaches at the Art Institute. He is regular contributor to WBEZ Chicago Public Radio and teaches art and art history department at University of Illinois at Chicago.
Nate Marshall is from the South Side of Chicago. He is an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at The University of Michigan and received his BA at Vanderbilt University. His work has appeared in POETRY Magazine, Indiana Review, The New Republic, [PANK] Online, and in many other publications. He was the star of the award winning full-length documentary “Louder Than A Bomb” and has been featured on HBO’s “Brave New Voices.” He is an Assistant Poetry Editor for Muzzle. He is also a rapper.
Quraysh Ali Lansana is author of eight poetry books, three textbooks, a children’s book, editor of eight anthologies, and coauthor of a book of pedagogy. He is a faculty member of the Creative Writing Program of the School of the Art Institute and the Red Earth MFA Creative Writing Program at Oklahoma City University. He is also a former faculty member of the Drama Division of The Juilliard School. Lansana served as Director of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing at Chicago State University from 2002-2011, where he was also Associate Professor of English/Creative Writing. Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy & Social Justice in Classroom & Community (with Georgia A. Popoff) was published in March 2011 by Teachers & Writers Collaborative and was a 2012 NAACP Image Award nominee. His most recent books include The Walmart Republic w/ Christopher Stewart (Mongrel Empire Press, September 2014) and reluctant minivan (Living Arts Press, May 2014).
edited by Kevin Coval, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Nate Marshall
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 9781608463954
Published: April, 2015
Type: Paperback
Publisher: Haymarket Books | New School Poetics
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop is the first poetry anthology of-its-kind. It's hip-hop poetica is written for and by the people. The BreakBeat Poets, who are multi-generational & multi-racial, are real-life documentarians of the late 20th and 21st century, employing traditional and wildstyle poetics to narrate a new country and city landscape. This is poetry for and by the people.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Kevin Coval is the author of ALA “Book of the Year” finalist Slingshots: A Hip-Hop Poetica and Everyday People. Founder of Louder Than a Bomb: The Chicago Teen Poetry Festival, Coval serves as Artistic Director and teaches at the Art Institute. He is regular contributor to WBEZ Chicago Public Radio and teaches art and art history department at University of Illinois at Chicago.
Nate Marshall is from the South Side of Chicago. He is an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at The University of Michigan and received his BA at Vanderbilt University. His work has appeared in POETRY Magazine, Indiana Review, The New Republic, [PANK] Online, and in many other publications. He was the star of the award winning full-length documentary “Louder Than A Bomb” and has been featured on HBO’s “Brave New Voices.” He is an Assistant Poetry Editor for Muzzle. He is also a rapper.
Quraysh Ali Lansana is author of eight poetry books, three textbooks, a children’s book, editor of eight anthologies, and coauthor of a book of pedagogy. He is a faculty member of the Creative Writing Program of the School of the Art Institute and the Red Earth MFA Creative Writing Program at Oklahoma City University. He is also a former faculty member of the Drama Division of The Juilliard School. Lansana served as Director of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing at Chicago State University from 2002-2011, where he was also Associate Professor of English/Creative Writing. Our Difficult Sunlight: A Guide to Poetry, Literacy & Social Justice in Classroom & Community (with Georgia A. Popoff) was published in March 2011 by Teachers & Writers Collaborative and was a 2012 NAACP Image Award nominee. His most recent books include The Walmart Republic w/ Christopher Stewart (Mongrel Empire Press, September 2014) and reluctant minivan (Living Arts Press, May 2014).
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