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2nd Verse: The Rebirth of Poetry

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Producer(s)	Carl D. Brown, Erin Beach
Director(s)	Carl D. Brown
Release Date	2008
Work In Progress	No
Runtime	79 min
Format(s)	none
Language(s)	English
Youth Media	No

Film Description

2nd Verse explores urban teen life in the San Francisco Bay Area through the rising popularity of poetry and Spoken Word.

Although poetry is the unifying characteristic that brings these young people together, the film does not concentrate on their poems so much as it tells the story of their lives amid the Bay Area’s melting pot of ethnic and economic backgrounds.

We show how these teens coexist and draw strength from each other, and how these youth poets are changed by their engagement with spoken word, exploring their identity and connection to their unique California community.

From a sixteen-year-old girl who lost her father to alcohol at a young age, to an undocumented teen struggling with poverty and his sexuality, to a privileged boy in San Francisco who attends one of the country’s most elite private schools, 2nd Verse endeavors to initiate the viewer into a world rarely seen or acknowledged by the general population.

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Last Updated On:	March 03, 2009

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