Wall Writers: Graffiti in its Innocence is a documentary film and 350+ page companion book. Both film and book were conceived and directed by Roger Gastman. Legendary filmmaker John Waters narrates the documentary and the book’s forward is written by acclaimed artist Barry McGee.
“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. “
Redbull have the 2016 film streaming free on their website right now. It’s stacked full of pioneers including; TAKI 183, CORNBREAD, SNAKE 1, COOL EARL, JEC*, BAMA, COCO 144, SJK 171 + tonnes more.
Watch the full documentary here
https://www.redbull.com/us-en/films/wall-writers?fbclid=IwAR1urc5reXB4kMOrtmEhLS28c0iNhWCYoj0B4X05PWpgLoxycb1DA5SVglg
Check out the trailer below.
Wall Writers: Graffiti in its Innocence will be live and free to watch until 12/31/21 on the link above.
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