Louder Than a Bomb

Wednesday, May 18 - Thursday, May 26, 2011

Four Chicago high school poetry teams gear up to compete in the world’s largest youth slam. Hopeful and heartbreaking, LOUDER THAN A BOMB reflects their tempestuous lives, exploring the ways writing shapes their world, and vice versa, in a portrait of language as joyful release and of irrepressibly talented teenagers who are forging new communities.

• Country USA
• Language English
• Rating NR
• Running Time 99 minutes
• Director Greg Jacobs, Jon Siskel

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