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Don't Be Nice

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Isabel Bader TheatreFri, Apr 27 9:15 PM
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Hart House TheatreSat, Apr 28 12:30 PM
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TIFF Bell Lightbox 1Fri, May 4 3:30 PM
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TIFF Bell Lightbox 1Sat, May 5 10:00 AM
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Film Info
Runtime:96
Copyright:2018
Country Listing:USA
Premiere Status:North American Premiere
Rating:PG
Festival Info
Festival Year:2018
Language:English
Program Categories:Artscapes
Film Subjects:America
LGBT Cultures & Issues
Race & Racism
Writers
Other Tags:Closed Captions & Full Subtitles
Website:http://dontbenicemovie.com
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Max Powers
Producer(s):Nikhil Melnechuk
Cora Atkinson
Executive Producer(s):Judd Ehrlich
Melina Brown
Bob Holman
Ram Devineni
Chuck Smith
Willard Morgan
Story Producer(s):David Lieberman
Editor(s):David Lieberman
Nathan Punwar
Cinematography:Peter Eliot Buntaine
Music:Khari Mateen
Sound:Jeff Seele

Description

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The upstart Bowery Slam Poetry Team, made up of five African-American, Afro-Hispanic and queer poets in their 20s, prepares for the national championships. Mentored by a demanding coach who encourages them to push past their personal boundaries and write from a place of vulnerability, pain and honesty, the poets break down, break through and compose their best work ever. Timely and difficult, their spoken word slays—but will these soul-searching pieces about police violence and the whitewashing of Black culture be able to compete against choreographed crowd-pleasers for the title? Will opting to make a statement instead of a show spell their defeat? An emotional and inspiring film that gives insightful commentary on race, gender, identity and sexual politics in America today, Don't Be Nice is both an absorbing competition doc and a vital writer's workshop that proves once and for all that winning hearts and minds is the ultimate prize. Angie Driscoll

Co-presented with Toronto's International Festival of Authors.

 
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