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Style Wars is an American 1983 documentary film on hip hop culture, 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.
Mar 14, 2022 · Style Wars is an American 1983 documentary film on hip hop culture, directed by Tony Silver and produced in collaboration with Henry Chalfant.
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Style Wars emanates joy from both sides of the camera. A film that vibrates with the energy, poetry and color of an art form rising up from the streets. The two-disc DVD gives the film the deluxe treatment it deserves.
STYLE WARS captured the look and feel of New York’s ramshackle subway system as graffiti writers’ public playground, battleground and spectacular artistic canvas. Opposing them by every means possible were Mayor Edward Koch, the police, and the New York Transit Authority.
May 15, 2020 · Style Wars is the linchpin of the early ’80s hip-hop canon that includes narrative films like Wild Style, Breakin’, and Beat Street. It won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1984 and...
- Sheldon Pearce
Mar 26, 2021 · Watch a 1983 film that captures the graffiti and breakdancing scenes in New York City in the late '70s and early '80s. Learn about the artists, the challenges, and the culture that shaped hip-hop music and art.
Style Wars, A documentary that first aired back in 1983. Giving a true insight into Graffiti Art/Subway Graffiti and Hip Hop Culture. Featuring legends from ...
