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Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry (2004 - 2005)

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Synopsis:
Up-and-coming and seasoned poets perform their work onstage in front of a live audience, with celebrities also trying their hand at poetry.


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Cast

Name
Credits
Lemon
Performer

Beau Sia
Performer

Poetri
Performer

Black Ice
Performer

Mayda De Valle
Performer

Jill Scott
Performer

Jason Carney
Performer

Kanye West
Performer

Common
Performer

Oscar Brown Jr
Performer

muMs
Performer

Suheir Hammad
Performer

Bassey Ikpi
Performer

Kevin Coval
Performer

Shihan
Performer

Red Storm
Performer

Kelly Tsai
Performer

Maggie Estep
Performer

Danny Hoch
Performer

Dave Chappelle
Performer

Taylor Mali
Performer

Floetry
Performer

Abyss
Performer

Reg E Gaines
Performer

Nikki Giovanni
Performer

Usef Kumunyaka
Performer

Gemineye
Performer

Georgia Me
Performer

Willie Perdomo
Performer

Sekou Sundiata
Performer

Flowmentalz
Performer

Emanuel Xavier
Performer

Vanessa Hidary
Performer

rock baby
Performer

Gina Loring
Performer

Rives
Performer

Earl Simmons (DMX)
Performer

Big Mike
Performer

Dan Vaughn
Performer

Dasha Kelly
Performer

Shanelle Gabriel
Performer

Idris Goodwin
Performer

Asia
Performer

Poem-cees
Performers

Zena Edwards
Performer

Amaliz Ortiz
Performer

Etheridge Knight
Performer

Roscoe p. Coldchain
Performer

Bao Phi
Performer

Nikky Finney
Performer

Alix Olson
Performer

Mike 360
Performer

Shappy
Performer

Jonzi D
Performer

Roger Bonair-Agard
Performer

Frenchie
Performer

Geoff Trenchard
Performer

Chinaka Hodge
Performer

staceyann
Performer

Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Performer

Steve Colman
Performer

Tracy Morgan
Performer

Dawn Saylor
Performer

Patricia Smith
Performer

Nafessa Monroe
Performer

Sharon Olds
Performer

Caroline Kennedy
Performer

Haki Madhubuti
Performer

Joy Harjo
Performer

Marvin Tate
Performer

Steve Connell
Performer

Andy Buck
Performer

Faraji Salim
Performer

Ayisha Knight
Performer

Dahlak Brathwaite
Performer

Claudia Alick
Performer

Gideon Grody-Patinkin
Performer

Rachel McKibbens
Performer

Al Letson
Performer

Dan Sully
Performer

Tim Stafford
Performer

Caroline Harvey
Performer

Bounty Killer
Performer

Will Bell
Performer

Scorpio Blues
Performer

Emmanuel Xavier
Performer

Aulelei Love
Performer

Mike Booker
Performer

Marty McConnell
Performer

Joaquim Zihuatanejo
Performer

Ishle Park
Performer

Mike Ellis
Performer

Ratsack
Performer

Mollie Angelheart
Performer

Thea Monyee
Performer

Gaknew
Performer

Nayeli Adorador-Knudsen
Performer

Michael Cirelli
Performer

M'Reld
Performer

Daniel Beaty
Performer

Lauryn Hill
Performer

Jamie Foxx
Performer

Benjamin Bratt
Performer

Avery Brooks
Performer

Phylicia Rashad
Performer

Saul Williams
Performer

Kim Fields
Performer

Ruby Dee
Performer

Jamie Kennedy
Performer

Wyclef Jean
Performer

Cedric The Entertainer
Performer

Wood Harris
Performer

Jewel
Performer

Mike Epps
Performer

Dante Basco
Performer

Sarah Jones
Performer

Lou Reed
Performer

Amiri Baraka
Performer

Ani Di Franco
Performer

Dead Prez
Performer

La Bruja
Performer

Michael Franti
Performer

Doug E Fresh
Performer

Reginald Gibson
Performer

Adele Givens
Performer

Cheryl James ('Salt')
Performer

Linton Kwesi Johnson
Performer

Alicia Keys
Performer

Talib Kweli
Performer

Audre Lorde
Performer

Felipe Luciano
Performer

MC Lyte
Performer

The Last Poets
Performer

Miguel Algarin
Performer

Jimmy Santiago Baca
Performer

Buju Banton
Performer

Mutabaruka
Performer

Preach
Performer

Speech
Performer

KRS-One
Performer

Paul Mabon
Performer

Kevin Derrig
Performer

Mike McGee
Performer

Narubi Selah
Performer

Ise Lyfe
Performer

Thadra Sheridan
Performer

Rafael Casal
Performer

Terry Creech
Performer

Ursula Rucker
Performer

Sonia Sanchez
Performer

Amir Sulamain
Performer

Lemon and Flaco
Performer

Sista Queen
Performer

Al B Back
Performer

Amanda Diva
Performer

Big Poppa E
Performer

Sekou the Misfit
Performer

Jerry Quickley
Performer

Stacy Ann Chin
Performer

Brother J
Performer

Tamara Blue
Performer

Otep
Performer

Heru Pteh
Performer

Consequence
Performer

Perre Shelton
Performer

Denizen Kane
Performer

Kristiana Colon
Performer

Jimmy Tran
Performer

Kayo
Performer

Tommy Chunn
Performer

Yellow Rage
Performer

Flaco Navaja
Performer

John Legend
Performer

Amalia Ortiz
Performer / Perfomer

Rakim
Performer

Reverend Run
Performer

Richard Montoya
Performer

Jessica Care Moore
Performer

Liza Jessie Peterson
Performer

Sonia Sanchez
Performer

Rita Dove
Performer

Michael Eric Dyson
Performer

Eve Ensler
Performer

Black Thought
Performer

Michael Ellison
Performer

Erykah Badu
Performer

Savion Glover
Performer

Sharrif Simmons
Performer

Quincy Troupe
Performer
Company

Name
Credits
SLBG Entertainment/Simmons-Lathan Entertainment
Production Company

Writers

Name
Credits
Maurice Marable
Writer Mos Def Open
Producers

Name
Credits
Stan Lathan
Executive Producer

John Irwin
Supervising Producer

Danny Simmons
Co-Executive Producer

Deborah Pointer
Co-Executive Producer

Allen Kelman
Producer

Russell Simmons
Executive Producer

John Irwin
Producer

Karen Apple
Producer

Kamilah Forbes
Co-Producer

Kamilah Forbes
Producer

Leslie Wilson
Producer Coordinating Producer

Bruce George
Co-Executive Producer

Victoria Lee English
Producer

Karen Apple
Associate Producer

Directors

Name
Credits
Stan Lathan
Director

Casting

Name
Credits
G Alverez Reid
Casting Talent Associate

Megan Polak
Casting Talent Associate

Carolita Blythe
Casting Talent Associate

Dawn Douglass
Casting Talent Associate

Monika R Lohrbeer
Casting Talent Coordinator

Caroline Kiely
Casting Talent Coordinator

Caroline Kelly
Casting Talent Coordinator

Kevin Merritt
Casting Talent Coordinator

Monica Arce
Casting Talent Coordinator

Mary Casey
Casting Talent Assistant

Charles Coward
Casting Talent Assistant

Jason Duffy
Casting Talent Assistant

Kennesha Gill
Casting Talent Assistant

Ariel Fernandez
Casting Talent Assistant

Karen Sanchez
Casting Talent Assistant

Monica Williams
Casting Talent Assistant

Courtney Fix
Casting Talent Coordinator

Bruce George
Casting Talent Executive

Walter Mudu
Casting Talent Executive

Monika R Lohrbeer
Casting Assistant Talent Assistant

Sarah Ruxin
Casting Assistant Talent Assistant

Shihan
Casting Associate Talent Associate

Suheir Hammad
Casting Associate Talent Associate

Walter Mudu
Casting Associate Talent Associate

Katy Savard
Casting Associate Talent Associate

Shonna Wise
Casting Associate Talent Associate

Kamilah Forbes
Casting Director Talent Executive

Nicole Duncan-Smith
Casting Talent Associate

Shoana Wise
Casting Talent Associate

Joy Dolce
Casting Talent Consultant
Production Management

Name
Credits
Annette Powlis
Stage Manager

Bruce H Weinstein
Stage Manager Staging Supervisor

Laura Lyons
Associate Director

Deanna Storey
Script Supervisor

Consuelo Patterson
Stage Manager

Karen Apple
Associate Director

Tina Magnuson
Production Manager

Cy Shelhamer
Production Manager

Ellen Marino
Production Coordinator

Tina Magnuson
Line Producer

Toni-Marie Gonzalez
Production Manager

Dorie D'Amore
Production Supervisor

Leslie Wilson
Associate Director

Ishmael Muhammed
Production Coordinator

Rayniece Holmes
Stage Manager

Sonya Lawrence
Stage Manager

Ian Hamowy
Script Coordinator

Naimah Holmes
Script Coordinator

Doug Mau
Stage Manager Staging Supervisor

Shara Kabakow
Line Producer

Nery Ramos
Script Coordinator

Jill Dove
Associate Director

Carolita Blythe
Script Coordinator

Dina Varano
Script Coordinator

Christine Arbulu
Script Coordinator

Krista Thomas
Production Coordinator

Stella Wilson
Production Coordinator

Tendaji Lathan
Stage Manager

Merv Hawkins
Stage Manager

Arthur E Lewis
Stage Manager

Lawrence Axmith
Production Manager

Alyssa English
Production Manager

Janine Devito
Script Supervisor

Monika R Lohrbeer
Production Coordinator

Editor

Name
Credits
Jeff U'Ren
Editor

Cheryl Campsmith
Editor

David Foster
On-Line Editor

Camera, Film & Tape

Name
Credits
Alan Adelman
Lighting Lighting Design

Miguel Armstrong
Camera Operator

Elias Clarke
Camera Operator

Evan Shuff
Camera Operator

McClinton Karma Stanley
Camera Operator

Rod McLaughlin
Lighting Vari*lite Crew

Mike Cunningham
Camera Utility Utility

Keith Conod
Camera Utility Utility

Ron Travisano
Camera Micro-mote Tech

Lyn Noland
Camera Operator

Matty Randazzo
Video

Ron Washburn
Camera Micro-Mote Camera

Alan Buchner
Videotape Operator

Jason Livingston
Camera Vari*Lite Crew

Rex Pauling
Videotape Operator

Bob Del Russo
Camera Operator

Ramsey Alkaysi
Camera Utility Utility

Billy Steinberg
Video

David Smith
Camera Operator

Bob Benedetti
Camera Utility Utility

Ray Hoover
Camera Operator

Peter Aiken
Lighting Vari*lite Crew

Tom Carroll
Camera Utility Utility

Anthony DeFonzo
Camera Utility Utility

Bill Akerlund
Camera Operator

Rob Balton
Camera Camera Micro-mote

Gene Kelly
Camera Operator

Rob Toscano
Videotape Operator

Frank Bourassa
Camera Utility Utility

Michael Piccola
Camera Utility Utility

John Kosmoculski
Camera Operator

Rich York
Camera Operator

Jay Kulick
Camera Operator

Peter Ten Haagen
Videotape Operator

Rob Balton
Camera Operator

Charlie B Huntley
Camera Operator

John Meiklejohn
Camera Operator

Jim Covello
Camera Operator

Brett Francis
Camera Operator

Kevin Hamill
Videotape Operator

Ray Nader
Videotape Operator

Paul Ranieri
Video

Colin Brown
Lighting Vari*lite Crew
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