January 26, 2012 07:30pm
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January 28, 2012 09:30pm
Oklahoma City Museum of Modern Art 415 Couch Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Every year, more than six hundred teenagers from over sixty Chicago area schools gather for the world?s largest youth poetry slam, a competition known as ?Louder Than a Bomb.? Founded in 2001, Louder Than a Bomb is the only event of its kind in the country?a youth poetry slam built from the beginning around teams. The film chronicles four teams as they prepare for and compete in the 2008 event. By turns hopeful and heartbreaking, the film captures the tempestuous lives of these unforgettable kids, exploring the ways writing shapes their world, and vice versa. This is not ?high school poetry? as we often think of it. This is language as a joyful release, irrepressibly talented teenagers obsessed with making words dance. How and why they do it?and the community they create along the way?is the story at the heart of this inspiring film. Shows at 7:30 on the 26th and at 2:00 pm on the 28th.
