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• Bob Bryan's second documentary on graffiti art checks out some of Los Angeles's most impressive works, including the monumental Belmont tunnels design created by Skill and his crew, U.T.I. Featuring more than 400 artists - including the winners of the International Graffiti Art Competition - and a beat-driven soundtrack, Bryan's film explores graffiti as a way for the urban community to.
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Multi-Award Winning Documentaries on Urban Street Art and Hip-Hop
are now Screening Online
Los Angeles, CA-- Award-winning Filmmaker Bob Bryan has just announced that his Graffiti Verite' Documentary Series has just been released for DVD chapter on-line viewing on his website www.graffitiverite.com. The widely acclaimed Five (5) Part, One-of-a-kind series explores the eclectic world of contemporary youth, Hip-hop and the Graffiti Art Movement.
The DVD chapter screening format makes it easier for Educators to present specific Lesson Plans for their students. In addition, the online screenings will allow cash-strapped school districts the opportunity to use the programming without purchasing the public performance rights and the documentaries . 'This technology presented me with an opportunity to give something back to the community, and at the same time continue my mission to educate others in the language amd raison' d'être of 'Urban Hieroglyphics.'
Graffiti Art succeeds as underground counterprogramming which is aimed at the same target audience that the
powerful Madison Avenue Mass Media is directed at, albeit with a decidedly different message. It's is like a virus
that has penetrated every level of our consciousness. Unlike most viruses however, you cannot detect its presence until it's blown up. Folks are ignorant about Graffiti Arts history and power, says Bryan. 'Graffiti Art is a direct expression of Societies' psychological state of mind, it's an 'in-your-face' sign of our times!'
According to Bryan, never before in history has there been such an art movement that has impacted so many people on a worldwide basis. Graffiti Art is both loved and hated and it's freely given away to the anonymous public. The walls are visually screaming loudly and we are ignoring its significance. If your child were yelling at the top of their lungs in the next room, would you ignore their agonizing screams? I don't think so..

Bryan believes that as a culture we cannot afford to be so blind, not to read the 'writing on the wall.' The canvas walls of our city streets are being used like newspapers uses paper, to tell the story of the people's daily struggle and search for identity. Of course, this controversial public art dialogue is articulated with allot more flavor, attitude, passion and conviction. We study hieroglyphics and cave writings to try to understand its connection to it's culture but somehow we choose to disregard the messages being blasted loudly and in 3D on today's graffiti filled walls. It doesn't make sense.

Because of the overwhelming demand to see the National Educational Media Network 'Gold Apple' award winning series, I've decided to make it available, via home computer. So many people are watching movies on their home computers now ; it was inevitable. The quality of the technology is at a place where I see no reason why I shouldn't make the viewing of the series more convenient for Artists, Teachers, Art Administrators, Students and Youth Service Experts, explains Filmmaker Bob Bryan.

With a simple click of a mouse, viewers can simply watch the GV Documentaries as 'Streaming Video' and
not have to download anything onto their computer. This 'true streaming' architecture actually adjusts to viewers'
connections as they watch movies. Thus, 'true streaming movies' play in real-time with no delays for downloading.

GRAFFITI VERITE' REVIEWS

'Appropriate and useful classroom material..'
Committee for the Los Angeles County Office of Education

Graffiti Verite 2graffiti Movies & Documentaries 2017

'The strength of your Documentary is that you focus on the commentary of the artists..to understand their thinking and what motivates them is really important to an appreciation of this art form.'
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA

'The minority artists are so well represented and come across with such integrity, intelligence, and cultural and artistic knowledge. This will do a great deal to help dispel the usually wrong impression that Graffiti Artists are anti-intellectual and unaware of anything other than their own wish to express themselves..'
Andrew Connors, National Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Hasp lpt1 driver. 'Close-up and personal! This newly released and beautifully produced Documentary uncovers the underground Los Angeles Graffiti Art Movement and explores it's relation to contemporary Hip-Hop Culture.' Public Art Review

'This well-produced examination of an underground art form, explained by the artists who created it will add a new dimension to art classes and to library video collections. We recommend its use in High Schools and College Art Classes.' School Library Journal

'A must-see video to understand what is happening to the inner world of today's Urban Children.'
Wisconsin Bookwatch
Bob Bryan is an Multi Award-Winning Independent Filmmaker living in Hollywood California. He is currently Executive Producing The New China Project: A New Understanding, shooting on location in China, and a series of Entertainment and Educational Interstitials whose content is aimed specifically towards transmission distribution on Cellphones and other wireless handheld devices. Bob is represented by WirelessDeveloper Agency.com (http://www.wirelessdeveloper.com)
Editors interested in reviewing the Graffiti Verite' Series On-line, please contact Loida for special access codes:
Tel: No.: 323 / 856-9256
Fax: 323 / 856-0855
Email: bryworld@aol.com

Style Wars is an American 1983 documentary film on hip hop culture and its American roots, directed by Tony Silver and produced in collaboration with Henry Chalfant. The film has an emphasis on graffiti, although bboying and rapping are covered to a lesser extent. The film was originally aired on PBS television on January 18th, 1984, and was subsequently shown in several film festivals to much acclaim, including the Vancouver Film Festival. It also won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival.^[3]

The documentary captures and includes many historical moments of hip hop culture during its earliest days in the 1970s onward towards the early 1980s. ^[4]

Background[edit]

The documentary shows both the young artists struggling to express themselves through their art, and their points of view on the subject of graffiti, as well as the views of then New York City Mayor Ed Koch, one-armed, now deceased graffiti writer Case/Kase 2, graffiti writer Skeme and his mother, graffiti 'villain' Cap, now deceased graffiti writers Dondi, and Shy 147. Seen graffiti documentarian (and co-producer of the film) Henry Chalfant, breakdancer Crazy Legs of Rock Steady Crew, police officers, art critics, subway maintenance workers, as well as several 'people on the street'.

While Style Wars promoted the idea that graffiti is a form of creative expression, not every person within the film held this same belief. In fact, throughout the film we see ways in which institutions such as the government and law enforcement tried arduously to prevent graffiti in New York City. For example, the city spent a large sum of money on negative subway advertisements that portrayed graffiti as a crime. On top of this, the mayor (who at the time was Ed Koch) pushed for the building of fences, with the intent of blocking off the entrances to subways, where graffiti artists would create their work. Additionally, he had police guard dogs put into these areas to scare away those who may enter. Both Koch and The New York City Police Department rallied endlessly at an attempt to convince the city's youth that graffiti is vandalism and that if they participated in it they would ruin their futures.

Another perspective on graffiti shown in this film is that of well known artists. Many of them state that the reason why these teens spray paint murals on the sides of buildings is because they do not have any other place to do so, not because they want to intentionally break the law. Additionally, these individuals see potential for those that are involved in the culture beyond the streets. In the same way, they appreciate the art while simultaneously disagreeing with exactly how they do it. This in a way makes them middlemen within this documentary.

Reception[edit]

In 2009, A. O. Scott of The New York Times examined the film:

'Style Wars is a work of art in its own right too, because it doesn't just record what these artists are doing, it somehow absorbs their spirit and manages to communicate it across the decades so that we can find ourselves, so many years later, in the city, understanding what made it beautiful.'^[5]

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A 2018 review from The New Yorker also recommends the film, citing its soundtrack and its ability to capture the historical moment it centers on.^[6]

Featured graffiti artists[edit]

• Demon
• Se3
• Spank
• Skeme
• Ces 157
• Min 1 (NE)
• Quik
• Sach
• DUSTER UA
• Revolt
• Wasp 1
• D-5
• Trap
• Butch
• Zone
• Kid 167
• rafael 666
• Cap
• Shy 147
• Seen TC5
• Daze
• Paze
• Cey
• Fred
• Duro

Featured break dancers[edit]

Featured music[edit]

• '8th Wonder' by The Sugarhill Gang
• 'The Message' by Grandmaster Flash
• 'Beat Bop' by Rammellzee and K-Rob
• 'Pump Me Up' by Trouble Funk
• 'The Wanderer' by Dion
• 'Rockin' It' by The Fearless Four
• 'Jam Hot' by Johnny Dynell
• 'Feel The Heartbeat' by Treacherous Three

DVD release[edit]

The digitally remastered DVD edition also contains:

• 23 minutes of outtake footage
• Commentary and interviews by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant
• Interviews with Style Wars editors Victor Kanefsky and Sam Pollard
• Art galleries by Blade, Cap, Cey, Crash, Crazy Legs, Daze, Dez, Dondi, Doze, Duro, Duster, Frosty Freeze, IZ the Wiz, Case/Kase 2, Kel First, Ken Swift, Lee, Mare139, Min One, Noc 167, Paze (Erni), Lady Pink, Quik, Rammellzee, Revolt, Sach, Seen UA, Shy 147, Skeme, Rafael 666, Tracy 168, and Zephyr
• Tributes to Dondi and Shy 147
• Guest interviews with Blade, Lee, Kel First, Seen, Tracy 168, Cap, MIN (NE), QUIK, IZ the Wiz, Fab 5 Freddy, Goldie, Guru, DJ Red Alert, and photographer Martha Cooper

2011 restoration auction[edit]

On June 9, 2011 it was announced that Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea along with actors Brad Pitt and James Franco and director Spike Jonze were donating items to an eBay auction that would raise money for restoring the film negatives for Style Wars. The auction ended on June 11, 2011.^[7]

References in other media[edit]

DJ Mutt used quotes from the movie in his song titled 'Big Lights, Big City' taken from his album Treading Water. Black Star used a clip from the movie in the intro to the song 'Respiration' on the Black Star album. The Drum and Bass group Ganja Kru, composed of DJ Hype, DJ Zinc, and Pascal, used quotes from the movie in their song titled 'Plague That Never Ends'. Swedish band The Radio Dept. used audio samples from the film in their single 'Never Follow Suit' from the album Clinging to a Scheme.^[8]

Archive[edit]

Many film elements from Style Wars, including outtakes, are housed at the Academy Film Archive as part of the Tony Silver Collection.^[9]

References[edit]

1. ^Style Wars (eVideo, 2011)-WorldCat.org
2. ^AllMovie
3. ^Fox, Margalit (5 March 2008). 'Tony Silver, 72, Documentary Director, Dies'. New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
4. ^MUBI
5. ^Scott, A.O. 'Critics' Picks: 'Style Wars' - The New York Times'. Critics' Picks: Style Wars. New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
6. ^'The New Yorker Recommends: 'Style Wars' and the Dawn of Hip-Hop Culture'. www.newyorker.com. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
7. ^'Flea donates bass guitar to charity auction'. Express.co.uk. 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
8. ^'The Radio Dept. - Never Follow Suit (Song Lyrics)'. The Radio Dept. Official Site. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
9. ^'Tony Silver Collection'. Academy Film Archive.

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External links[edit]

Multi-Award Winning Documentaries on Urban Street Art and Hip-Hop
are now Screening Online
Los Angeles, CA-- Award-winning Filmmaker Bob Bryan has just announced that his Graffiti Verite' Documentary Series has just been released for DVD chapter on-line viewing on his website www.graffitiverite.com. The widely acclaimed Five (5) Part, One-of-a-kind series explores the eclectic world of contemporary youth, Hip-hop and the Graffiti Art Movement.
The DVD chapter screening format makes it easier for Educators to present specific Lesson Plans for their students. In addition, the online screenings will allow cash-strapped school districts the opportunity to use the programming without purchasing the public performance rights and the documentaries . 'This technology presented me with an opportunity to give something back to the community, and at the same time continue my mission to educate others in the language amd raison' d'être of 'Urban Hieroglyphics.'
Graffiti Art succeeds as underground counterprogramming which is aimed at the same target audience that the
powerful Madison Avenue Mass Media is directed at, albeit with a decidedly different message. It's is like a virus
that has penetrated every level of our consciousness. Unlike most viruses however, you cannot detect its presence until it's blown up. Folks are ignorant about Graffiti Arts history and power, says Bryan. 'Graffiti Art is a direct expression of Societies' psychological state of mind, it's an 'in-your-face' sign of our times!'
According to Bryan, never before in history has there been such an art movement that has impacted so many people on a worldwide basis. Graffiti Art is both loved and hated and it's freely given away to the anonymous public. The walls are visually screaming loudly and we are ignoring its significance. If your child were yelling at the top of their lungs in the next room, would you ignore their agonizing screams? I don't think so..

Bryan believes that as a culture we cannot afford to be so blind, not to read the 'writing on the wall.' The canvas walls of our city streets are being used like newspapers uses paper, to tell the story of the people's daily struggle and search for identity. Of course, this controversial public art dialogue is articulated with allot more flavor, attitude, passion and conviction. We study hieroglyphics and cave writings to try to understand its connection to it's culture but somehow we choose to disregard the messages being blasted loudly and in 3D on today's graffiti filled walls. It doesn't make sense.

Because of the overwhelming demand to see the National Educational Media Network 'Gold Apple' award winning series, I've decided to make it available, via home computer. So many people are watching movies on their home computers now ; it was inevitable. The quality of the technology is at a place where I see no reason why I shouldn't make the viewing of the series more convenient for Artists, Teachers, Art Administrators, Students and Youth Service Experts, explains Filmmaker Bob Bryan.

With a simple click of a mouse, viewers can simply watch the GV Documentaries as 'Streaming Video' and
not have to download anything onto their computer. This 'true streaming' architecture actually adjusts to viewers'
connections as they watch movies. Thus, 'true streaming movies' play in real-time with no delays for downloading.

GRAFFITI VERITE' REVIEWS

'Appropriate and useful classroom material..'
Committee for the Los Angeles County Office of Education

Graffiti Verite 2graffiti Movies & Documentaries 2017

'The strength of your Documentary is that you focus on the commentary of the artists..to understand their thinking and what motivates them is really important to an appreciation of this art form.'
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA

'The minority artists are so well represented and come across with such integrity, intelligence, and cultural and artistic knowledge. This will do a great deal to help dispel the usually wrong impression that Graffiti Artists are anti-intellectual and unaware of anything other than their own wish to express themselves..'
Andrew Connors, National Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Hasp lpt1 driver. 'Close-up and personal! This newly released and beautifully produced Documentary uncovers the underground Los Angeles Graffiti Art Movement and explores it's relation to contemporary Hip-Hop Culture.' Public Art Review

'This well-produced examination of an underground art form, explained by the artists who created it will add a new dimension to art classes and to library video collections. We recommend its use in High Schools and College Art Classes.' School Library Journal

'A must-see video to understand what is happening to the inner world of today's Urban Children.'
Wisconsin Bookwatch
Bob Bryan is an Multi Award-Winning Independent Filmmaker living in Hollywood California. He is currently Executive Producing The New China Project: A New Understanding, shooting on location in China, and a series of Entertainment and Educational Interstitials whose content is aimed specifically towards transmission distribution on Cellphones and other wireless handheld devices. Bob is represented by WirelessDeveloper Agency.com (http://www.wirelessdeveloper.com)
Editors interested in reviewing the Graffiti Verite' Series On-line, please contact Loida for special access codes:
Tel: No.: 323 / 856-9256
Fax: 323 / 856-0855
Email: bryworld@aol.com

Style Wars is an American 1983 documentary film on hip hop culture and its American roots, directed by Tony Silver and produced in collaboration with Henry Chalfant. The film has an emphasis on graffiti, although bboying and rapping are covered to a lesser extent. The film was originally aired on PBS television on January 18th, 1984, and was subsequently shown in several film festivals to much acclaim, including the Vancouver Film Festival. It also won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival.^[3]

The documentary captures and includes many historical moments of hip hop culture during its earliest days in the 1970s onward towards the early 1980s. ^[4]

Background[edit]

The documentary shows both the young artists struggling to express themselves through their art, and their points of view on the subject of graffiti, as well as the views of then New York City Mayor Ed Koch, one-armed, now deceased graffiti writer Case/Kase 2, graffiti writer Skeme and his mother, graffiti 'villain' Cap, now deceased graffiti writers Dondi, and Shy 147. Seen graffiti documentarian (and co-producer of the film) Henry Chalfant, breakdancer Crazy Legs of Rock Steady Crew, police officers, art critics, subway maintenance workers, as well as several 'people on the street'.

While Style Wars promoted the idea that graffiti is a form of creative expression, not every person within the film held this same belief. In fact, throughout the film we see ways in which institutions such as the government and law enforcement tried arduously to prevent graffiti in New York City. For example, the city spent a large sum of money on negative subway advertisements that portrayed graffiti as a crime. On top of this, the mayor (who at the time was Ed Koch) pushed for the building of fences, with the intent of blocking off the entrances to subways, where graffiti artists would create their work. Additionally, he had police guard dogs put into these areas to scare away those who may enter. Both Koch and The New York City Police Department rallied endlessly at an attempt to convince the city's youth that graffiti is vandalism and that if they participated in it they would ruin their futures.

Another perspective on graffiti shown in this film is that of well known artists. Many of them state that the reason why these teens spray paint murals on the sides of buildings is because they do not have any other place to do so, not because they want to intentionally break the law. Additionally, these individuals see potential for those that are involved in the culture beyond the streets. In the same way, they appreciate the art while simultaneously disagreeing with exactly how they do it. This in a way makes them middlemen within this documentary.

Reception[edit]

In 2009, A. O. Scott of The New York Times examined the film:

'Style Wars is a work of art in its own right too, because it doesn't just record what these artists are doing, it somehow absorbs their spirit and manages to communicate it across the decades so that we can find ourselves, so many years later, in the city, understanding what made it beautiful.'^[5]

Graffiti Verite 2graffiti Movies & Documentaries Online

A 2018 review from The New Yorker also recommends the film, citing its soundtrack and its ability to capture the historical moment it centers on.^[6]

Featured graffiti artists[edit]

• Demon
• Se3
• Spank
• Skeme
• Ces 157
• Min 1 (NE)
• Quik
• Sach
• DUSTER UA
• Revolt
• Wasp 1
• D-5
• Trap
• Butch
• Zone
• Kid 167
• rafael 666
• Cap
• Shy 147
• Seen TC5
• Daze
• Paze
• Cey
• Fred
• Duro

Featured break dancers[edit]

Featured music[edit]

• '8th Wonder' by The Sugarhill Gang
• 'The Message' by Grandmaster Flash
• 'Beat Bop' by Rammellzee and K-Rob
• 'Pump Me Up' by Trouble Funk
• 'The Wanderer' by Dion
• 'Rockin' It' by The Fearless Four
• 'Jam Hot' by Johnny Dynell
• 'Feel The Heartbeat' by Treacherous Three

DVD release[edit]

The digitally remastered DVD edition also contains:

• 23 minutes of outtake footage
• Commentary and interviews by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant
• Interviews with Style Wars editors Victor Kanefsky and Sam Pollard
• Art galleries by Blade, Cap, Cey, Crash, Crazy Legs, Daze, Dez, Dondi, Doze, Duro, Duster, Frosty Freeze, IZ the Wiz, Case/Kase 2, Kel First, Ken Swift, Lee, Mare139, Min One, Noc 167, Paze (Erni), Lady Pink, Quik, Rammellzee, Revolt, Sach, Seen UA, Shy 147, Skeme, Rafael 666, Tracy 168, and Zephyr
• Tributes to Dondi and Shy 147
• Guest interviews with Blade, Lee, Kel First, Seen, Tracy 168, Cap, MIN (NE), QUIK, IZ the Wiz, Fab 5 Freddy, Goldie, Guru, DJ Red Alert, and photographer Martha Cooper

2011 restoration auction[edit]

On June 9, 2011 it was announced that Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea along with actors Brad Pitt and James Franco and director Spike Jonze were donating items to an eBay auction that would raise money for restoring the film negatives for Style Wars. The auction ended on June 11, 2011.^[7]

References in other media[edit]

DJ Mutt used quotes from the movie in his song titled 'Big Lights, Big City' taken from his album Treading Water. Black Star used a clip from the movie in the intro to the song 'Respiration' on the Black Star album. The Drum and Bass group Ganja Kru, composed of DJ Hype, DJ Zinc, and Pascal, used quotes from the movie in their song titled 'Plague That Never Ends'. Swedish band The Radio Dept. used audio samples from the film in their single 'Never Follow Suit' from the album Clinging to a Scheme.^[8]

Archive[edit]

Many film elements from Style Wars, including outtakes, are housed at the Academy Film Archive as part of the Tony Silver Collection.^[9]

References[edit]

1. ^Style Wars (eVideo, 2011)-WorldCat.org
2. ^AllMovie
3. ^Fox, Margalit (5 March 2008). 'Tony Silver, 72, Documentary Director, Dies'. New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
4. ^MUBI
5. ^Scott, A.O. 'Critics' Picks: 'Style Wars' - The New York Times'. Critics' Picks: Style Wars. New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
6. ^'The New Yorker Recommends: 'Style Wars' and the Dawn of Hip-Hop Culture'. www.newyorker.com. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
7. ^'Flea donates bass guitar to charity auction'. Express.co.uk. 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
8. ^'The Radio Dept. - Never Follow Suit (Song Lyrics)'. The Radio Dept. Official Site. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
9. ^'Tony Silver Collection'. Academy Film Archive.

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External links[edit]

• Style Wars on IMDb
• Style Wars on Rotten Tomatoes
• Style Wars on Folkstreams