Three spoken word poets struggle through poverty, discrimination PTSD and abandonment to prove the power of the word.
CJ Suitt grew up poor and black in Chapel Hill, one of North Carolina's wealthiest, mostly white communities. His high school English teacher inspired him to write and speak poetry, and through it he found his identity as a Black male.
Kamaya Martin's life seemed perfect until her father left, leaving her mother with four kids and bills she couldn't pay. Once an A student in Atlanta and the apple of her father's eye, she languished at Durham's Northern High School until a program offered through Sacrificial Poets taught her spoken word poetry and led to international team competitions in Chicago and Philadelphia.
Jeremy Berggren—a marine veteran trained in mortuary sciences—lost his best friend and fellow soldier to suicide. Haunted by what he knows about war and military life, Jeremy takes his country to task and calls for veteran support through his art.
The 19th century poet John Keats said, "truth is beauty." And beauty is harsh.
CJ Suitt grew up poor and black in Chapel Hill, one of North Carolina's wealthiest, mostly white communities. His high school English teacher inspired him to write and speak poetry, and through it he found his identity as a Black male.
Kamaya Martin's life seemed perfect until her father left, leaving her mother with four kids and bills she couldn't pay. Once an A student in Atlanta and the apple of her father's eye, she languished at Durham's Northern High School until a program offered through Sacrificial Poets taught her spoken word poetry and led to international team competitions in Chicago and Philadelphia.
Jeremy Berggren—a marine veteran trained in mortuary sciences—lost his best friend and fellow soldier to suicide. Haunted by what he knows about war and military life, Jeremy takes his country to task and calls for veteran support through his art.
The 19th century poet John Keats said, "truth is beauty." And beauty is harsh.
