Working Class (2011)

Thierry Guetta es un un francés que vive en Los Ángeles y cuya única obsesión es grabarlo todo con su cámara de vídeo. Poco a poco se va introduciendo en el mundo del arte urbano y llega a conocer a Banksy, el artista urbano más famoso de la historia. En los títulos de crédito oficiales no aparece ningún director o guionista, tan sólo "Un film de Banksy".

In 1960s San Francisco, bright and talented catholic school girl Celina Guerrera survives a difficult home life by following the rules. That is until an indiscretion creates a series of devastating consequences. As Celina faces the compounded obstacles of being young and alone, she sets out to rise above the oppression of poverty and invest in a future that sets new precedents for the time.

Matthew conoce a la chica de sus sueños de una manera un tanto curiosa. Un día se va la luz y Matthew queda atrapado dentro de un ascensor. Allí hace el amor con alguna chica. Matthew se ha enamorado locamente de la mujer, pero no ha conseguido verle la cara. Lo único que sabe de ella es que vive en una residencia con otras 99 chicas. Al día siguiente el chico se presenta en la residencia para descubrir quién es. Podría ser Wendy, la vecina, Dora, la chica bajita, Patty, la promiscua, Cynthia la mojigata o cualquiera de las 96 chicas restantes.... ¿Será capaz Matthew de dar con la que cree el amor de su vida?

En Mujeres del Siglo XX, el aclamado director Mike Mills (director de Beginnes, ganador del Oscar al mejor actor secundario en 2011) nos ofrece un homenaje conmovedor y divertido a la complejidad de las mujeres, las familias, el tiempo y la búsqueda de las conexiones emocionales. Esta película se redefine continuadamente y cambia con sus personajes, mientras viven el importante verano de 1979 Historia de tres mujeres que exploran el amor y la libertad en California durante los años 70.

Cry Baby, una niña fuerte y sensible, es enviada a un inquietante internado que esta oculto bajo una fantastica fachada. Por suerte, tiene una amiga dulce y que le ayuda cuando sufre bullying por sus compañeros que están bajo el control mental del Director y su personal. Con la ayuda de sus mágicos amigos que conoce a lo largo del camino, y su Espírtu Guía Angelical, son capaces de obtener la fuerza necesaria para luchar contra el condicionamiento patrialcal de la escuela.

Este documental dirigido por Johanna Demetrakas (Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Some Nudity Required) revisita esas fotos, a esas mujeres y esos momentos, y además apunta a nuestra cultura actual que muestra alarmantemente la necesidad de un cambio continuo.

Adrift in the lush, nocturnal urban landscape of THE GRAFFITI ARTIST, Nick (Ruben Bansie-Snellman) is a post-modern urban hero asserting his anarchistic agenda on the endless maze of virgin exterior walls that comprise downtown Seattle and Portland. For this iconoclastic young visionary, the vast wall surfaces of deserted alleys and train yards are at once a daunting symbol of capitalist oppression and a texturally rich, seamless tableau ripe for exploitation to amplify his artistic dialectic of anger and rebellion.

Banksy is the world's most infamous street artist, whose political art, criminal stunts and daring invasions have outraged the establishment for over two decades. Featuring rare interviews with Banksy, this is the story of how an outlaw artist led a revolutionary new movement and built a multi-million dollar empire, while his identity remained shrouded in mystery.

Biografía de Jean-Michel Basquiat, pintor vanguardista que pasó de ser un joven desconocido que pintaba graffitis en Brooklyn a convertirse en uno de los más controvertidos y famosos de la pintura contemporánea mundial a comienzos de los años ochenta, descubierto por Andy Warhol. Sus exposiciones se convirtireron en un acontecimiento de la escena artística neoyorquina de la época, y sus cuadros fueron adquiridos por importantes museos y coleccionistas privados, mientras él se enfrentaba a una espectacular y fulgurante fama que le sumergió en el mundo de las drogas -adicto a la heroína, el artista murió de una sobredosis a los 27 años de edad-.

Richard Hambleton was a founder of the street art movement before succumbing to drugs and homelessness. Rediscovered 20 years later, he gets a second chance. But will he take it?

The films spans two decades as the story unfolds in a series of flashbacks that begin when Qiyue and Ansheng were just thirteen. The two became inseparable until they met a boy who ended up tearing their lives apart.

A look at the feud between graffiti artists King Robbo and Banksy.

RAPE JOKES is an hourlong standup special centered on sexual assault from a survivor’s perspective. Written and performed by Cameron Esposito, proceeds from the special benefit RAINN, the United States’ largest anti-sexual violence organization.

Dr Richard Clay goes in search of what it is that has made us scribble and scratch mementoes of our lives for more than 30,000 years. From the prehistoric cave paintings of Burgundy in France, through gladiatorial fan worship in Roman Lyons to the messages left on the walls of Germany's Reichstag in 1945 by triumphant Soviet troops, time and again we have wanted to leave a permanent record of our existence for our descendants. And it may be that this is where what today we call art comes from - the humble scratch, graffiti.

Through interviews and guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action on five continents, the documentary tells the story of graffiti from its origins in prehistoric cave paintings thru its notorious explosion in New York City during the 70’s and 80’s, then follows the flames as they paint the globe.

100 years ago Mata Hari faced the firing squad as a convicted Dutch spy. It was at this moment that the legend of Mata Hari, the seductive spy, was born. Newly-discovered documents cast doubt on her guilt and reveal startling truths about her life. Mata Hari was a self-made woman whose boldness and sexuality threatened the male establishment. Most of what we've known about her until now has largely been myth. Mata Hari's challenges as an abused wife, single mother and a creative independent woman are familiar to women around the world. At the turn of the century, her struggles to attain sexual freedom, artistic expression, and liberation from the constraints of conventional society are the same ones women face today. She graced the cover of Vogue, performed all over Europe and left a coterie of smitten admirers in her wake.

Emily has just been dumped by her girlfriend, kicked out of her apartment, and fired from her job. Her best friend hooks her up with a new gig: personal assistant to a dominatrix. But when Emily falls for her new boss -- and her new boss's boyfriend -- she must decide what risks are worth taking for love. 2 in the Bush is an unconventional romantic comedy about dungeons, a fish named Archimedes, and the many forms that love takes.

Urbanbugs is a documentary from Turkey focuses on street art concepts such as Graffiti, Stencil, Wheatpasting. Besides their visual contribution to the urban life, these street arts became a sociological matter due to the their political messages. In this context, this documentary is trying to analyse the sociocultural reflections of street art concept in Turkey.

Daisy is the love of Ken's life - she is also large... and very pretty... and on the dole. But Ken is a dreamer, all his dreams to make a fast buck ending up where they started - as dreams. With the rent unpaid, the bailiffs at the door and Ken's dreams in tatters, Daisy sets out to bring home the bacon and gets a job in the local factory. There she meets Marlene and half a dozen other large women who are all united in a secret passion - Sumo wrestling! Ken doesn't know what's hit him.

Determined to hold on to their moniker of "the Mural Kings," world-renowned artists Tats Cru produce a wall painting for Harlem's Graffiti Hall of Fame in this compelling documentary. Beginning their career as subway graffiti creators in the early 1980s, three Bronx teenagers evolved into talented muralists. Their story is told through archival clips, behind-the-scenes footage of the mural production process and interviews with the artists.