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Louder than a bomb / Siskel/Jacobs Productions presents ; a film by Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel ; produced and directed by Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poetry slams--Illinois--Chicago.
- Poetry slams.
- Performance poetry--Illinois--Chicago.
- Performance poetry.
- High school students' writings, American--Illinois--Chicago.
- High school students' writings, American.
- American poetry--Illinois--Chicago--21st century.
- American poetry.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Feature films.
- Literary readings.
- Filmed performances.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (101 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Sausalito, CA : Ro*Co Films, 2010.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Louder Than A Bomb tells the story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare to compete in the world's largest youth slam. By turns hopeful and heartbreaking, the film captures the turbulent lives of these unforgettable kids, exploring the ways writing shapes their world, and vice versa. Louder Than A Bomb is not about "high school poetry" as we often think of it. It's about language as a joyful release, irrepressibly talented teenagers obsessed with making words dance.
- Participant:
- Featuring the OPRF Slam Team (Oak Park and River Forest High School), Northside Slam Team (Northside College Prep), Whitney Young Slam Team (Whitney M. Young Magnet High School), and The Steinmenauts (Steinmetz Academic Centre) ; emcees, Idris Goodwin, Billy Tuggle, Tim Stafford, Denise Jolly, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz ; DJ, Justin "Itch 13" Dawson.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 18, 2020).
- Won 2011 Humanitas Prize, Documentaries - Special Awards Category
- Won 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature
- Won 2011 Portland International Film Festival, Best New Director
- OCLC:
- 952078813
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