Louder than a bomb /

Follows the fortunes of four Chicago-area high school poetry teams as they prepare for and compete in the world's largest youth slam. Introduced by Oprah.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Siskel/Jacobs Productions, Virgil Films
Other Authors:	Jacobs, Greg, 1969- (Producer, Director), Siskel, Jon (Producer, Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English dialogue; subtitles in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Portugues, Spanish, and Swedish.
Published:	Sausalito, California : Ro*co Films Educational, 2010.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Louder Than a Bomb (Poetry slam) > (2008) Poetry slams > Illinois > Chicago. Performance poetry > Illinois > Chicago. High school students' writings, American > Illinois > Chicago. American poetry > Illinois > Chicago > 21st century. Slam > Illinois > Chicago. Poésie-performance > Illinois > Chicago. POETRY > American > General. American poetry High school students' writings, American Performance poetry Poetry slams Illinois > Chicago 2000-2099 Streaming video. Documentaries and Factual Films Streaming videos. documentary film. Literary readings Documentary films Feature films Filmed performances Nonfiction films Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Literary readings. Filmed performances. Feature films. Documentaires. Films autres que de fiction. Lectures de textes littéraires. Spectacles filmés.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

Description
Summary:	Follows the fortunes of four Chicago-area high school poetry teams as they prepare for and compete in the world's largest youth slam. Introduced by Oprah.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 2010.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 streaming video file (99 min.))
Playing Time:	01:40:08
Audience:	Not rated.
Awards:	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
Production Credits:	Editor, John Farbrother ; director of photography, Stephan Mazurek ; LTAB artistic director, Kevin Coval ; LTAB festival director, Robbie Q. Telfer.