Movies: Graffiti

Graffiti in it origins is a performance. It is inherently site specific, but wide angel lens on the iPhone prevents the photographer from documenting the work in its entirety. The commercialization of graffiti focuses only on the surface where the gr...

Things I Learned at 30 is a short documentary about graffiti artist Chek's process of remaking his understanding of art through a chain of events he encountered during a difficult period in his life....

Released in 1999, this 50-minute video opens the trilogy. It focuses only on graffiti in the railway world. There are various activities such as the interior degradation of metro wagons (bomb marker and marker, window scratches), but also that of sub...

“Las Calles Hablan is a feature length documentary film about street art in Barcelona. Until now there hasn’t been a definitive film made in Barcelona which explores the history, motivation, politics and the numerous characters involved in the street ar...

From tagging to piecing, this controversial documentary chronicles some of L.A.'s hottest graffitti writers and crews. Shot from a graffitti writers perspective, the question of whether it's art or vandalism is left for you to decide. Segments were ...

A film about the emergence of graffiti in and around Amsterdam. From the first principles from the punk period until the apotheosis at the Amsterdam metro to the world of contemporary design and art. Cast (only the ones with aliases and no known nam...

Follow some of Swedens most infamous writers in a one hour long journey through yards, layups, backjumps and subway stations. All taking place in the Stockholm underground....

Railrun brings some fresh blood to the existing collection of Swedish graffiti movies. Filmed during 2004 and 2005, it will show you what the graffiti scene in Stockholm is about. And unlike other movies, you will see the most active and best newcome...

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5AM gives you an insight look into the lives and minds of graffiti writers from LA, Arizona, NYC, Vancouver and Philly. This video contains live interviews, street and train bombing, mad hoes, drugs, fighting and more sexual contents along with party...

Über Freaks takes place deep in the heart of Berlin, and chronicles what it’s like to be part of a close knit group, who get their kicks by roping down buildings with the barest of safety precautions, climbing buildings by way of their exteriors, and...

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Year-round Metal Enjoyment explores the New England origins of North American freight train graffiti, tracing the narratives of several members of the prolific YME and Circle T crews, and giving unparalleled access into the fastest growing subculture...

The third and final episode of the Dirty Handz trilogy was released in 2006, but all events took place before 2001. This video symbolises the culmination of the controversial activity of the graffiti artists through a retrospective look at the actors...

The story of Melbourne's street art scene back in 2008. Starring the main characters of this artsy underworld, this short movie tries to understand the struggle of the artists, confronted to the illegality of their activity, but also to the growing ...

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This documentary film gives us a close inside look into the biggest art movement the world has seen so far, and into an art form that is not really accepted as such and yet not understood by most of the people....

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...