Last week in entry #337, I encouraged you to check out Le bruit des mots : slam-poésie et chroniques de polyvalente, a web-documentary featuring a group of 16-year-olds who reveal aspects of their personal lives in a slam.
Since posting about this documentary last week, there’s one slam in particular that I’ve returned to listen to many times:
le slam de Noémy
I find Noémy’s slam very moving because it touches a delicate issue for this young girl: the drug abuse of her father.
The refrain of her slam is particularly powerful because of its rhythm and message, and it’s been running through my head since I first heard it:
Fume-la
Sniffe-la
Peu importe comment tu te l’envoies
On connaît déjà le résultat[Noémy in Les bruit des mots : slam-poésie et chroniques de polyvalente by Catherine Therrien]
In the third line, what Noémy means is that it doesn’t matter how her father takes the drug — smoked or sniffed, the result of his drug abuse is the same.
What I also like is how, in the beginning of her slam, we’re lead to believe that the problem may have something to do with a female person — of course, she’s not talking about a person at all.
The ending of Noémy’s slam contains a very biting message for her father. It gives me shivers when I hear it. I’d link directly to her slam but you’d have audio problems by accessing it that way. Just look for her image on the main slams page; she’s the third image on the left. (Remember, you can have her words appear on-screen by clicking on Mots animés.)
Two other slams I like:
I like Kloé’s presentation for the way she plays with the language to express herself in her slam: la lightskinisation, charboniser les coeurs, mulâtriser, barackobamer, nelsonmandeliser. Sabrina’s slam is also powerful; the conviction with which she speaks and the way she openly asserts her spiritual beliefs impressed me.
Really, though, I could list all of the slams as my favourite. I think this documentary is an amazing piece of art by Catherine Therrien.
I don’t know how long this web-doc will be available online, so I suggest you check it out sooner than later if you haven’t seen it yet. As far as I know, it can be viewed from anywhere in the world.
Le bruit des mots : slam-poésie et chroniques de polyvalente
