8 Poet Cameos

List creator: AHurley Created on: November 7, 2004 - 7:55 PM PST Description: You may not have noticed the poet the first time around. Rent them again and watch for the cameo!

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	Piñero (2001)
Amiri Baraka is one of several poets who appear in the last scene, reading lines from one of Pi?ro's poems.
	Bulworth (1998)
Amiri Baraka plays "Rastaman," the wise man of the film. A very small, but memorable role.
	Lisa Picard is Famous (2000)
Multi-talented poet and performance artist Sarah Jones appears as "Krista."
	Bamboozled (2000)
Another brief appearance by Sarah Jones.
	Roots - Episodes 1 and 2 (1977)			Not Rated
Maya Angelou plays "Nyo Boto."
	Breathless (1983)
The real Miguel Pi?ro appears as "Carlito."
	One True Thing (1998)
Saul Williams, who starred in Slam and guest-starred on TV's Girlfriends, here appears briefly as a graduate student.
	L'Atalante (1934)			Not Rated
French poet Jacques Prévert makes a cameo appearance.