The term Street Art has evolved to define the more visual and engaging aspects of urban art, as opposed to simply text-based graffiti and tagging. This film follows such notorious cult figures as: Blek Le Rat, Nano 4814, Nuria, Sweet Toof, NoNose, and Eine, as they work upon the pavements of Paris Londonand Madrid During the film we pursue these characters as they create new pieces and discuss the varying approaches to Street Art in these three diverse cities.

We also meet some of the artists taking part in the first ever Street Art exhibition at Tate Modern, and explore the rapidly expanding commercial market that’s turning street artists into big earners at the auction houses. What does this newfound profitable aspect mean for this formerly underground and anti-establishment scene?

Urban Vampirz 2 is the second installment of the world’s best known “VANDAL GRAFFITI DVD” presenting the UV Crew doing what it does best – destroying EVERYTHING!

Watch Trane, Zeab, Vesty, EY 1, Fuzi and other UV vandals invade yards, kill commuters, smash subways and simply bomb the sh*t out of the streets of Paris, Rome and other locations.

True hardcore graffiti action documenting the UV Crew from 1999 – Present!

STILL FREE is the result of many years of graphic implication in urban environment. The graffiti, graphic design, video, were the determining elements which pushed Charles ELOIDIN (the diector) to make this video. Its a permanent video mix of assembled sequences in a dynamic way, accompanied by an impressing video compositing. Charles ELOIDIN wants by the means of STILL FREE to reveal his universe entering in collision with the work of various actors of the graffiti current . Take part in this project, famous writers with different styles such as: POCH, IKO, SEZAM, JAYONE, DIZE, LEK, HNT, ADEK, NOE2, ZENOY, PWOZ, BEEDI B and well of others…

Secret Wars is more than just a taggers competition. Held annually in London's East End it features the best graffiti artist the city has to offer. This is the 2007 edition.

The mini documentary made for Current TV by Nick Calori has screened on Current TV's UK satellite as well as online channel.

I loved to operate on this alongside my friend Nick Calori of Shuffle Films and Chilean cinematographer Diego Rodriguez, who had just finished operating on ''In the Hands of God". A film documentary on a group of British freestyle footballers who go through South America in search of football legend: Diego Armando Maradona.

Z1 at hand. 1 cool night. Sometimes you wish it was all so easy and smooth. A great little doc as well, right there on the fringe. Thanks Nick, great job!

Secret Wars is more than just a taggers competition. Held annually in London’s East End it features the best graffiti artist the city has to offer. This is the 2007 edition.

The mini documentary made for Current TV by Nick Calori has screened on Current TV’s UK satellite as well as online channel.

I loved to operate on this alongside my friend Nick Calori of Shuffle Films and Chilean cinematographer Diego Rodriguez, who had just finished operating on ”In the Hands of God”.

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Some call it tagging, some call it writing, still others call it bombing–it’s all graffiti. Whether it’s art or not is another matter, but it’s undeniably illegal. Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant’s historic PBS documentary Style Wars tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At the peak of its popularity, graffiti was as much a part of B-boy culture as rapping, scratching, and breaking. The filmmakers present a sympathetic, but well-rounded portrait of their subject through extensive interviews with taggers–notably Seen, Kase, and Dondi–art collectors, transit authorities, and even Mayor Ed Koch, who would eventually put the hammer down. Along the way, they documented the burgeoning breakdance scene, with a focus on the world-famous Rock Steady Crew. The soundtrack features selections from Grandmaster Flash, the Treacherous Three, and other tagger-approved icons of old-school hip-hop. –Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Upbeat, lets-put-on-a-show, musical about the wonders of rap music tells the story of Kenny (Guy Davis), a young hip-hop artist living in the rough slums of the Bronx with his younger brother Lee (Robert Taylor) and their mother Cora. Kenny dreams of making it big as a disk jockey and playing in the most swank of Manhattan nightclubs, The Roxy. Into their lives comes Tracy (Rae Dawn Chong), a composer and assistant choreographer from New York College who inspires him to try to continue his dream while romance begins to grow between them despite coming from different neighborhoods and worlds. Meanwhile, Lee is part of a break-dancing gang set on dominating the scene of their street. The rest of their friends include Ramon (Jon Chardiet), a graffiti artist determined to spread his painting to every subway car in the city while dealing with his girlfriend Carmen (Sandra Santaigo). Chollie is a fellow rapper who becomes Kenny’s manager after he lands him a gig at a Bronx club as the DJ. Many rap groups, break dancers, and pop singers whom include Us Girls, The Treacherous Three, The System, Rock Steady Crew, Soul Sonic Force & Shango, The Magnificent Force, New York City Breakers, Furious Five, Tina B., Afrika Bambaataa, Johnny B. Bad, etc, make cameo appearances. Written by Matt Patay