A Spoken Word, Slam Poetry, Guerrilla Freestyle Documentary.
Four Walls began as a postmodern art documentary presenting performance
poetry, more specifically, slam poetry. However, over the course of two
years of filming, it transformed into something much greater. The vision
was fine-tuned and re-focused on four artists from the spoken word
group known as BlackSunshine. In getting to know these artists we formed
friendships that stretched beyond the walls, both literal and
figurative, of the documentary. As a result, Four Walls grew beyond the
presentation of slam poetry, transforming into a portrayal of the lives
of these artists. Four Walls is more than merely capturing slam poetry; it is also about the plight of the artists behind the words.
