As 44 teams of teenage poets descend on Washington, D.C., to do verbal battle in the 2008 Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival, this seven-part series focuses on several of the participants as they practice their performance, share their stories and reflect on how the "spoken word" has changed their lives.
- Starring: Queen Latifah
- TV Network: HBO
- Premiere Date: Apr 5, 2009
- Genre: Reality
- Executive producers: Russell Simmons, Stan Lathan, John Irwin, Lee Gaither