BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez at Philly.Com

We're grateful to the Philadelphia Inquirer for tipping us off to this incredible documentary on the life and work of the amazing Sonia Sanchez, aptly titled BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez. Sofiya Ballin opens the piece, writing:

Sonia Sanchez wonders how she became "this woman with razor blades between her teeth."

"That's a great line, I think," she says of the imagery from her poem "Woman."

"I love how stuff comes through the body - starts at the toe jam and goes all the way up!" She makes jazzy hand motions from her feet all the way through her body.

The 80-year-old award-winning poet, educator, mother, and activist sits on a couch in her airy Germantown home, African sculptures decorating the walls or standing at attention.

Gray shoulder-length locks frame her face, accentuating a smile steady with patience. My dear sister or my dear brother are affectionate intros to sentences.

"As a poet," Sanchez says, "I know that I have sharp words."

Ballin goes on to describe what viewers will find in the documentary:

Directed by Janet Goldwater, Barbara Attie, and Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez talks with friends, colleagues, and former students from throughout her life. The documentary took five years to complete and features cameos from poet Nikki Giovanni, rapper Talib Kweli, historian Bracey, and Roots drummer Questlove.

"Living in Philadelphia," Goldwater says, "it's impossible to not be aware of the power of Sonia Sanchez."

Philadelphians have embraced the Alabama-born poet as their own, dedicating a mural in North Philadelphia to her and naming her the city's first poet laureate in 2011. Sanchez spent 24 years teaching at Temple University.

"Language is the most dangerous of professions," Sanchez says just a minute into the documentary.

In her sitting room, she explains: "A poet will bring you to the center of action and make you take a moral stand. Poets also keep you alive and keep you human."

Read on at Philly.com, and then take 4 minutes and 10 seconds of your day to watch the trailer here.