Product Details

• Actors: Mos Def, Russell Simmons, Reggie Cabico, Talib Kweli, Lemon
• Producers: Mos Def, Russell Simmons, A. Ty Risby, Allen Kelman, Danny Simmons
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Hbo Home Video
• DVD Release Date: April 5, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0007MF0OW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,185 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Def Poetry Seasons 1 and 2" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Def Poetry - Season 1:From the makers of Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam comes an all-new series that showcases practitioners of one of the country's fastest-rising performing art forms-Def Poetry- in an intimate uncensored format. Taped live in New York Russell Simmons' Presents Def Poetry is hosted by popular rap artist Mos Def and spotlights original material performed by contemporary urban poets and well-known musicians and comedians.Def Poetry - Season 2:Hosted by popular musician and actor Mos Def the Peabody Award-winning Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry is back for another season of rhyme and reason.The acclaimed HBO Series features talented contemporary urban poets plus well-known musicians and comedians and highlights their original material and powerful performances in an unedited uncensored and definitely unparalleled Def Poetry setting.System Requirements:Length: 295 mins Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS UPC: 026359862625

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Def Poetry, wave of the future, March 21, 2006

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This review is from: Def Poetry Seasons 1 and 2 (DVD)

I recently came across Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry on HBO, and was amazed at the passion that came out of the artist that perform these poems. I'll note to people who feel that this is just a typical poetry reading where everyone sits quietly and spouts boring couplets, well it isn't. The variety of these pieces is astounding, from pollitical poems, rape poems, to poems that celebrate life, all you could ever want is located right in this dvd set. I also recomend that you purchase all the other seasons of Def Poetry. In Short this program, shows how wonderful and powerful art expression is in todays world.