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About the Movie
Following graffiti's early days on the streets of NYC and Philadelphia in the 60's and the commercial crossover of street art in the 70's, the art form has since exploded into a global revolution of creative expression. Roger Gastman's documentary reveals the growth of the wall-writing movement that would eventually transform the way we view our cities and redefine the notion of public art around the world. Narrated by legendary filmmaker John Waters, Wall Writers features unprecedented access to the forefathers of graffiti with CORNBREAD, TAKI 183, SNAKE1, and more than two-dozen others, along with testimonies from the journalists, historians and politicians who bore witness to the largest art awakening of the 20th Century.
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The Birth of Graffiti!
An awesome and never before seen look at the real origina of graffiti & the writers who started the movement. With narration by John Waters!
Artist
I have never seen such a cast of people from this culture out together like this. Blown away. A must watch for anyone into art.
True Origin Story of Graffiti
Wow. Wow. Wow. This is a must see documentary! Everyone has seen and knows about graffiti and street art but this is the true origin story of wall writing and where it all came from. So many cool interviews and lost footage, such great insight! And narration by John Waters.. OMG. Loved the film so much I had to go on their site get one of the books!
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