Product Details

• Actors: Mos Def, Russell Simmons, Emanuel Xavier, Alicia Keys
• Directors: Stan Lathan
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Hbo Home Video
• DVD Release Date: May 1, 2007
• Run Time: 300 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000N8UXTM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,728 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Def Poetry - Season 5" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Hbo Home Video Release Date: 05/01/2007

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great to watch alone, great to share with others, December 3, 2008

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Amber Hathaway (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Def Poetry - Season 5 (DVD)

I originally bought this DVD because I had a hard time getting my students interested in poetry. Words on pages were boring to them, or emotionless, or archaic. When I first showed them a few pieces from the first couple of episodes, they were immediately sucked in. They were hearing people speak eloquently and beautifully about the realities my students often faced in their own lives. Many of the poems are funny, which I think surprised my class as much as anything else. Now we regularly return to the series to watch new poems and then compose our own. It's a life-saver for a class that needs a little creative passion. [A word of warning: often the most powerful poems on the show are also the most explicit, in themes or language or both. Choose carefully before showing them to students or any younger people.]

As for personal enjoyment, I think this collection beats out all the poetry books I have. Even though I can appreciate Frost and Shakespeare and other canonical poets, the passion that the Def Poets bring to the stage adds a new dimension to spoken word that I find really enjoyable. I highly recommend this DVD (and the other seasons) for anyone who appreciates spoken word and poetry, even if hip-hop isn't your thing.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure power...pure poetry!, June 11, 2007

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Corey Mabin (Beaver Falls, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Def Poetry - Season 5 (DVD)

If you're looking for a powerful show, something that hits your heart and lets your soul fly free...you can stop right here! You have found what you're looking for in the Def Poetry DVD Collection. Poets have forever been everything from prophets to teachers in this world, and now, it's been brought to light once again by Russell Simmons and the rest of his HBO staff in this series that makes you explore every emotion you've experienced and some that you didn't even know about. I challenge every fan of poetry...come enjoy this, live this and love this...there's no other option in this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good, June 25, 2010

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K. cotton "cotton ball_z" (Iraq) - See all my reviews
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enjoyable, sumthing you can watch more than once to move you. I get a new understanding and perspective ea.time.