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From Henry Chalfant, the director genre defining documentary Style Wars, comes what was intended to be the first installment in a regular television series on New York's bludgeoning hip-hop culture, with a specific focus on graffiti. Funding fell through but the material was just to good be left to languish. Chalfant put together what he had and, like Style Wars, it continues to stand as a document of a culture in blossom.

70～80年代初頭のニューヨークで社会現象化していたスプレー・アート“グラフィティ”に焦点を当てたドキュメンタリー。ブレイクダンス・シーンやヒップホップまでを網羅しつつ、地下鉄アートを巡る論争の真意を映し出す。