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- DirectorGary WeisStarsLouis GiganteDepicts the daily life of gangs within the context of the South Bronx. Deals primarily with two African American and Puerto Rican gangs known as the "Savage Skulls" and the "Savage Nomads".
- DirectorManfred KirchheimerStations of the Elevated (1981) is a 45-minute city symphony directed, produced and edited by Manfred Kirchheimer. Shot on lush 16mm color reversal stock, the film weaves together vivid images of graffiti- covered elevated subway trains crisscrossing the gritty urban landscape of 1970s New York, to a commentary-free soundtrack that combines ambient city noise with jazz and gospel by Charles Mingus and Aretha Franklin. Gliding through the South Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan - making a rural detour past a correctional facility upstate - Stations of the Elevated is an impressionistic portrait of and tribute to a New York that has long since disappeared.
- DirectorCharlie AhearnStarsLee QuiñonesLady PinkFab 5 FreddySouth Bronx graffiti artist Zoro is commissioned to paint a backdrop for a hip-hop concert.
- DirectorTony SilverStarsDemonKase 2Eric HazeA documentary that exposes the rich growing subculture of hip-hop that was developing in New York City in the late '70s and early '80s, specifically focusing on graffiti art and breakdancing.
- DirectorBenjamin MorganStarsLane GarrisonBrian BurnamLuis SaguarCelebrated graffiti artists 'Heir' and 'Vain' are superstars in the underground world of San Francisco; urban outlaws always on the run. After a clash with the law, they find their lives spinning out-of-control with explosive consequences.
- DirectorNic HillStarsDanny LopezSenor OnePiece by Piece is a groundbreaking film that documents San Francisco's highly controversial graffiti art movement. A story told by those who live the experience, Piece by Piece offers an intimate journey into the most intriguing and misunderstood artistic movement of modern youth culture. By detailing the last 20 years of San Francisco's graffiti this tale offers the most candid and accurate story behind the writing on the wall in Northern California. Never has such an in-dept and balanced document been created representing San Francisco graffiti. 100 hours of footage and interviews have been collected for over 4 years and have finally been edited into a cohesive documentary film.
- DirectorDoug PrayStarsClawJoe ConnollyEarsnotA feature-length documentary about graffiti culture as told through the experiences of six well-known graffiti writers and a graffiti buffer.
- DirectorPablo AravenaA worldwide culture develops around graffiti art.
- DirectorNicholas HansenStarsKab 101Chali 2naDominic AllenRash is a contemporary story of Melbourne Australia and the artists who make it a living host for illegal artwork called street art.
- DirectorAdam Bhala LoughStarsMark WebberJade Scott YorkerJaclyn DeSantisA tribute to graffiti art and the city where it all began. Blest, a 19-year-old graffiti writer, has just graduated from high school. With no ambition toward mainstream goals of work and family, he spends his time bombing the city with graffiti messages until he and his crew become the most wanted bombers by the corrupt NYPD Vandal Squad. He even attracts major media and gallery attention for his tags. Also part of Blest's crew are Buk 50 and his younger brother Lune, whose arrest and beating by the NYPD causes the crew to wage a full-on graffiti war against the city. As they fight with their spray cans and their tags, Blest meets a political activist, Alexandra. Soon after, Blest's relationship with Buk 50 and the crew fragments as Blest ponders his position in life.
- DirectorAlan KohlStarsPeter GibsonRoadsworth: Crossing the Line details a Montreal stencil artist's clandestine campaign to make his mark on the city streets. As he is prosecuted at home and celebrated abroad, Roadsworth struggles to defend his work, define himself as an artist and address difficult questions about art and freedom of expression.
- DirectorBanksyStarsBanksyMr. BrainwashSpace InvaderFollowing the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
- DirectorJane PrestonStarsKenneth CranhamKing AdzBanksyA look at the feud between graffiti artists King Robbo and Banksy.
- DirectorDoug PrayStarsThe AlliesA-TrakCrazeThe story of the hip-hop DJ from the birth of hip-hop to the invention of scratching and "beat-juggling" vinyl, to the more recent "turntablism" movement. Underdogs and virtuosos who have radically changed the way we hear and create music.
- DirectorBob BryanStarsAngstChaz BojorquezCre8A documentary that explores the eclectic world of Hip-hop and the Urban Graffiti Artist.
- DirectorBob BryanStarsAsylmChaz BojorquezBruinIn GV2 the filmmaker brilliantly manages to "personalize" these 19 artists, moving them elegantly from stereotypes to "real people," revealing why this movement has become the most popular and powerful cultural force of the 90's.
- DirectorBob BryanStarsJim JacobmeyerMetro High School StudentsPaco RosicShows that hip-hop in a workshop setting can be an invaluable tool to bridge the communications and learning dyslexia that exists between students, educators and the 4 R's.
- DirectorBob BryanStarsAskewCheryl BeychokRod BradleyExamines and reveals the truth behind 31 Multi-Ethnic Award-Winning Published and Respected Poets and their Poetic Creations in a seamlessly woven, uniquely honest visual tapestry.
- DirectorBob BryanStarsSekou AndrewsMollie EngelhartBridget GrayGraffiti Verite returns to the enigmatic world of Poetry. This time around he retrieves the perspectives of fifteen uniquely talented poets involved in the world of Spoken Word Poetry.
- DirectorBob BryanStarsPretty ChiClick 88Joshua SilversteinLong before and after the tired beat machines that used to crank out mechanical, predigested, synthetic, soulless percussive rhythms...there was the singular and quintessential Human Beat-Boxer.
- DirectorBob BryanStarsA.N.T.I.Fresh AirGecko BrothasWatching those fingers move, teak, manipulate, scratch, push, slide and reverse actions are a sight-to-behold. The counter-intelligence at play here is awe-inspiring and unique.