Director Paul Devlin's television pilot captures the edgy sport of the spoken word as bards compete in the semifinals of a slam event held at New York City's renowned Nuyorican Poets Café. Evert Eden, Everton Sylvester, David Mills and Susan Ross perform, among others. Narrated by Bob Holman, this engaging program copped two New York Emmy Award nominations, and Devlin went on to produce the acclaimed film SlamNation.