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Def poetry.

Title
Def poetry. Season 2 [videorecording] / Home Box Office, Inc. ; executive producer, Stan Lathan ; co-executive producer, Mos Def ; directed by Stan Lathan ; Simmons Lathan TV.
Publication
[United States] : HBO Video, [2005]

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Additional Authors
  • Lathan, Stan
  • Simmons, Russell
  • Mos Def (Rapper)
  • Foxx, Jamie.
  • Badu, Erykah.
  • Warner, Malcolm-Jamal.
  • Simmons Lathan Media Group.
  • Home Box Office (Firm)
  • HBO Video (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (ca. 175 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Seven new half-hour editions taped live at the Supper Club in New York, hosted by popular rap artist Mos Def. Spotlights original material performed by contemporary urban poets and well-known music/comedy artists.
Uniform Title
Def poetry (Television program)
Alternative Title
  • Russell Simmons presents Def poetry
  • Russell Simmons presents def poetry, season 2
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Television programs – United States.
  • Television programs.
  • Variety shows (Television programs)
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Note
  • Originally broadcast in 2002.
Credits (note)
  • Editor, Jeff d'Uren.
Audience (note)
  • MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; 2.0 Dolby Digital.
Language (note)
  • Closed-captioned.
Contents
Episode 1: Beau Sia, Jason Carney, Thea Monyee, Sekou Sundiata, Marty McConnell, Twin Poets, Jamie Foxx -- Episode 2: Danny Hoch, Patricia Smith, Dante Basco, Maggie Estep, Black Ice, Kent Foreman, Roger Bonair-Agard, Erykah Badu -- Episode 3: Lemon, Bassey Ikpi, Taylor Mali, Regie Cabico, Haki R. Madhubuti, Rat Sack -- Episode 4: Ishle Park, Shihan, Suheir Hammad, Big Poppa E, La Bruja, Anthony Morales, Amalia Ortiz, Oscar Brown Jr -- Episode 5: Felipe Luciano, muMs, Amanda Diva, Malik Yusef, Asha Bandele, Malcolm-Jamal Warner -- Episode 6: Sekou tha misfit, Steve Connell, Georgia Me, Louis Reyes-Rivera, Jessica Care Moore, Keith Murray -- Episode 7: Denizen Kane, Staceyann Chin, Big Rube, Wood Harris, Goldie, Regie Gibson, Joy Harjo, Linton Kwesi Johnson.
Call Number
NCOX 2294
ISBN
  • 0783124104
  • 9780783124100
LCCN
026359246326
OCLC
59717336
Title
Def poetry. Season 2 [videorecording] / Home Box Office, Inc. ; executive producer, Stan Lathan ; co-executive producer, Mos Def ; directed by Stan Lathan ; Simmons Lathan TV.
Imprint
[United States] : HBO Video, [2005]
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; 2.0 Dolby Digital.
Performer
Host, Mos Def.
Credits
Editor, Jeff d'Uren.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Language
Closed-captioned.
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Added Author
Lathan, Stan, producer.
Lathan, Stan, director.
Simmons, Russell, producer.
Mos Def (Rapper), producer.
Mos Def (Rapper), host.
Foxx, Jamie.
Badu, Erykah.
Warner, Malcolm-Jamal.
Simmons Lathan Media Group.
Home Box Office (Firm)
HBO Video (Firm)
Added Title
Def poetry (Television program)
Other Standard Identifier
026359246326
Publisher No.
92463 HBO Video
Research Call Number
NCOX 2294
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