From Bryan World Productions

BWP Press, Los Angeles, CA: Filmmaker Bob Bryan recently unveiled the seventh powerful installment in his (multi) award-winning Documentary Series entitled GV7 RANDOM URBAN STATIC: The Iridescent Equations of SPOKEN WORD. It comes in two versions:
An Unofficially Rated G Version for General Audiences, Schools and Libraries and the Original Unedited Version for those who do not mind some “raw street vernacular.” Both versions have a Running time of 2 hours.

Released under his BRYAN WORLD PRODUCTIONS (BWP) Indie Label, GV7 returns to the enigmatic world of poetry. This time around, Bryan retrieves the perspectives of fifteen (15) uniquely talented poets involved in the world of SPOKEN WORD. From Grand Slam Champions to Open-Mic Veterans, GV7 crosses all philosophical, racial, and social lines, becoming the quintinessial SPOKEN WORD documentary.

Bob Bryans’ last documentary GV6: THE ODYSSEY explored the points of view of 31 contemporary literary page poets and became Americas' Number 1 Indie Produced Poetry Documentary. GV7 is BWP's feature-length foray into the uncompromising world of SPOKEN WORD, two hours of words that educate and liberate.

A full-length review of the documentary will appear soon on Munyori Poetry Journal.

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