Overview
Louder Than a Bomb
By Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel
Thu, Dec 8, 7:30pm • Sat, Dec 10, 7:30pm • Sun, Dec 11, 2:00pm
Poet Nate Marshall in attendance Dec 10 & 11 for post-show Q&A.
Louder Than a Bomb tells the story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare for and compete in the world's largest youth slam. 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. While the topics they tackle are often deeply personal, what they put into their poems—and what they get out of them—is universal: the defining work of finding one's voice. (2010, 99 min, digital)
Events
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Louder Than A BombDec 8, 2011 8:30pm
Dec 10, 2011 8:30pm
Dec 11, 2011 3:00pm
Screening Room -
Youth Arts Summit kickoff partyDec 10, 2011 7:00pm
Screening RoomFREEKick off the 2011 Youth Arts Summit at YBCA with our Saturday Night Open Mic Party and Film Screening.
Come inspire and be inspired by an evening’s performances of spoken word, rhymes, music, shout-outs, special guests and more.
Beginning at 6 pm, the YBCA Young Artist At Work (YAAW) program joins forces with Youth Speaks to host the Saturday Night Open Mic/Youth Arts Summit Kickoff Party.
Make life new by re-telling it. Featuring never-before-heard rhymes and performances by YAAW and Youth Speaks poets, and you. No censorship, all love: The mic is yours.
From YBCA Curator Joel Shepard on Tumblr:YBCA's programs are made possible in part by:
Abundance Foundation
Adobe
Koret Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Novellus Systems
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