Movies: Graffiti

Banksy’s work now reportedly changes hands for millions. But he puts up his street art for free. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you got your hands on one of these? Does it mean you’ve found a winning lottery ticket or just scraped so...

Early graffiti writer and documentarian Roberto “Flint…” Gennari has an opportunity to cement his legacy nearly half a century after he began documenting the infancy of graffiti in New York City. This film features archival photo and video by the art...

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 ...

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....

They are known as "shock activists", surprising again and again with radical-provocative, often illegal art actions. Up-close insights into the work of the artist collective and the Berlin graffiti scene....

Watching My Name Go By is a 1976 BBC documentary on the birth of graffiti in New York City, and the fight to both prevent it, and expand it's artistic value. In 'Watching my name go by' kids in New York have a unique kind of occupation - sitting on ...

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...

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 ...

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...

This documovie delves into the history of the NYC graffiti movement, tracing it thru 3 generations of well known writers. In depth conversations with ALI, BAMA, CRASH, KET, PART ONE, STAN 153yb, TERROR 161 and ZEPHYR classify this as sureshot cult cl...

Paradox presents "Fuck the System", the second movie from the legendary daredevil Berlin Parkour crew "Berlin Kidz", released as a limited collector DVD edition in December 2017, sold out in a month, and now available as an exclusive on demand video....

Docudrama about a young graffiti artist in suburban Saint Petersburg, Russia...

This short Graffiti documentary exposes the reality of a group of Venezuelan friends who have grown up in the midst of the chaos of their hometown "Caracas", walking its streets from a very early age, knowing and understanding the city in a different...

Documenting Graffiti culture in a basketball court in the Bronx. The filmmaker was accompanied by Martin Wong who said, "bring your camera". The Graffiti Hall of Fame is the result....

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Two writers in Lisbon talk about what it means to be a woman in graffiti world where the survival of the fittest is prevailed and it's difficult to be accepted....

Independently produced documentary looking at the graffiti scene in Sheffield UK....

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City of Paranoia is an independent graffiti movie shot in London which showcases a love of trains, a dangerous lifestyle and a dying subculture....

10 Minutes is a 70min documentary filmed over the years 2004-2006, showing all the graffiti on trains and subway systems all over Europe and beyond. Live actions and traffic footage from Holland, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, USA, Sweden, Italy and En...