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A new poem from Lamar...

A new poem from Nate...

A new poem from Lamar...

An ode to Chicago, inspired by Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" and "our ritual"—steppin'...

A recent poem from Nate. Performed in December 2011. Shot by Stephan Mazurek.

This is a recent poem from Lamar. It was written after a trip to Seattle for LTAB's theatrical premiere there. The performance is from December 201...

Kevin and Big C meet the theme from Cheers...

This is the full version of "Apartment on Austin", the first poem Nova does in the film.

A little winter montage music, courtesy of the legendary Celtic Face Melters. The Celtic Face Melters are Adam Gottlieb (flute), Jake Pollock (flut...

There was a point during the 2007-08 school year where LTAB briefly considered going to a more open format, which meant that teams would be able to...

This is from the Sprockets children's film festival in Toronto back in April 2011. Nova wrote this piece while leading a workshop earlier that afte...

This is a sequence from an early cut of the film. It covers the transition from the holiday season to "LTAB season"...

Nate performed this piece at the 2008 LTAB. He wrote it after serving as a poll worker at Fenger High School during the February 2008 Super Tuesday...

An outtake from Louder Than a Bomb...

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy is joined by Lamar J. Smith, Sima Cunningham and Ayinde Cartman of Nate's group DLP for a performance of "Jesus, etc" in front ...

The piece that starts the Steinmenauts' comeback — "Repaid", by Jésus "L3" Lark.

This was one of the last sequences we had to cut from the film. The score is by one of our favorite Chicago musicians, Kent Lambert.

Nate Marshall, poet, performs "LeBron James" at Louder Than a Bomb

Louder Than a Bomb tells the story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare to compete in the world's largest youth slam. By turns ...

Louder Than a Bomb tells the story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare to compete in the world's largest youth slam. By turns ...

Louder Than a Bomb tells the story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare for the world's largest youth slam. By turns hopeful an...