Def Poetry - Season 1
starring: Stan Lathan, Danny Hoch, Jessica Care Moore, Mos Def, Beau Sia
directed by: Russell Simmons
directed by: Russell Simmons
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783120751
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0783120753
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Running Time: 120 minutes
Sales Rank: 34428
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2002-06
Related Items:
- Def Poetry - Season 2
- Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry: Season 3
- Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry: Season 4
- Def Poetry - Season 5
- Def Poetry - Season 6
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Produced by Russell Simmons and hosted by Mos Def, this groundbreaking HBO series presents poetry for the hip-hop generation. The setting is New York's Supper Club, the performers are young men and women of every hue, and the tools are words: angry, funny--even profane--words. Taped live, each of the four 30-minute episodes from the first season features several poets and a guest or two (from the fiery Last Poets to the out-of-her-element Jewel). This isn't your grandma's traditional verse, but rather slam poetry--or spoken word--as influenced by Public Enemy as Langston Hughes and the evening news. Some are powerful (see Suheir Hammad), some clever (Sarah Jones), and some irritating (Yellow Rage), but each poem is sure to provoke some kind of reaction. Def Poetry would go on to beget a world tour, a Peabody Award and, in its Broadway incarnation, a Tony for best theatrical event. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Great performance artI am not sure what "Def" is.
I am not even sure I know what "Poetry" is, although I try to read ... Read More
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- Doesn't Hold Up to Multiple ViewingsI really did like this when I began watching it. The performers are lively and dynamic, with a good quality ... Read More
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- Very good dvdThis DVD is awesome the only problem I have with it is its too short only 4 episodes.
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- LOVED IT!!!Can't get enough of Def Poetry .. poetry period really. I own Season 1-4, and I'm ready for 5 & 6. Deep poetry, ... Read More
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- silly!!!!!! Pointless, most "ABSURD" thing on TVThis is just angry people venting with vulgarity.
This isn't poetry! If this is im the next James Joyce.
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