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-.
Un grupo de jóvenes negros y puertorriqueños conviven en Nueva York, haciendo frente al mundo que les rodea con la música, el "breakdance" y los "graffittis". (FILMAFFINITY)
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.
A year in the life of troubled Australian graffiti artist Justin Hughes.
UNLIKE U melts into a scene, which for outsiders, is hard to comprehend. The world of trainwriters, those spray paint artists who specialize in painting trams and underground trains. Extremely undercover. Extremely criminal. Extremely forbidden. UNLIKE U portrais four generations of sprayers in Berlin, of which the oldest of the hardcore artists is already over 40 years old, while the youngest are around 17. All protagonists have one thing in common. Each one has sprayed countless trains in their lives, some of them even over a 1000.
Paris 1983: They are between 14 and 18 and write their names on the walls of the city. Inspired by the New York phenomenon, they do not simply reproduce the forms. They create their own style, their required letters and inspire an entire generation. They communicate through letters of their name. They are called Writers.
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.
Anthony ‘Blest’ (Mark Webber) is one of the most talented and notorious graffiti artists in New York City. Despite the tragic loss of his older brother during a nightly 'bombing' foray with a graffiti crew, Anthony has the same insatiable addiction. With the other members of his ‘crew,’ Anthony parties, shoplifts spray-paint and 'tags' virgin walls with his signature 'Blest.' He does his best to avoid run-ins with the cops and hostile rival crews, but he can’t avoid the pressure from his mother to attend college, and from his girlfriend to leave New York with her. As tensions rise, a physical threat from the cops causes the crew to intensify their bombing excursions, calling an all out war on the city. When the inevitable confrontation happens, a tragedy results that pushes Anthony to make a decision that has even darker consequences.
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".
After New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incurred during the off-duty rescue of a young girl, he grows suicidal. Furious, his brother Jimmy attempts to have Mayor Tyler intervene, but the corrupt politician instead denounces Terry as a drunk. Determined to get justice, Jimmy begins a graffiti campaign of embarrassing slogans mocking the mayor, which soon captivates the city.
Año 3000. Gepetto es un genial inventor de la ciudad de Scamboville que crea a Pinocho: un pequeño robot con la personalidad de un niño de carne y hueso. Pinocho está dispuesto a cualquier cosa para conseguir su sueño: convertirse en un niño de verdad. Geppetto no comprende por qué el malvado alcalde está tan celoso de él, cuando tiene una hija maravillosa. Pero el noble Gepetto no comparte ese sentimiento de odio, más bien compadece del alcalde, lo que hace enfurecer más aún a Scamboli.
This documentary follows the lives and careers of a collective group of do-it-yourself artists and designers who inadvertently affected the art world.
Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
EEUU /// Narra la historia de amor de Zach (Trevor Wright) y Shaun (Brad Rowe) en las playas de California. Zach se enamora del hermano mayor de su mejor amigo. Ambos son surfistas por lo que el roce está asegurado. Mientras tanto, Zach se convierte en “padre” improvisado de su sobrino. Aclamada película independiente que reivindica el derecho de los homosexuales a poder adoptar y a formar una familia.
Day and night, wholecar or end-2-end -- get involved when Berlins craziest aerosol junkies visit their iron favorites, and the camera won't leave their side.
Pure Hate is an explosive mixture of Berlin’s graffiti scene and shows 70 minutes of the hardest stuff writers from the capital of Germany have to offer. This masterpiece of underground graffiti videos sets new standards and will kick your ass!
City Of Paranoia is a film about London, a documentation of the activities of a bunch of men who dedicated a section of their lives to painting. The film tries to showcase what they have done whilst giving the viewer an insight to the emotions and feelings that come with this lifestyle...
Rash is a contemporary story of Melbourne Australia and the artists who make it a living host for illegal artwork called street art.
Metagraffiti is a series of short films about graffiti - but from very surprising and different angles. The films comes from some of the most interesting and creative graffiti writers from Stockholm, Berlin and Copenhagen. They range from the cute to the provocating. Yesterday's graffiti writers are today's film producers and tomorrow's super stars.
Celebrated graffiti artists 'Heir' and 'Vain' are superstars in the underground world of San Francisco's Mission District; urban outlaws always on the run. After a clash with the law, they find their lives spinning out-of-control with explosive consequences.
Malcolm and Sofia, two determined teens from the Bronx, are the ultimate graffiti-writers. When a rival gang buffs their latest masterpiece, they must hatch a plan to get revenge by tagging an iconic NYC landmark, but they need to raise $500 to pull off their spectacular scheme. Over the course of two whirlwind, sun-soaked summer days, Malcolm and Sofia travel on an epic urban adventure involving black market spray cans, illicit bodegas, stolen sneakers, a high stakes heist, and a beautiful, stoned girl whose necklace is literally their key to becoming the biggest writers in the City.
