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The Writing on the Wall(1986)

  • Documentary
7.0

Overview

"In this half-hour documentary, Producer Sandra King provides an intimate portrait of a public phenomenon: Graffiti. Over an 18 month period, King and her crew followed the teenage members of a graffiti 'crew,' Vandals on the Street, as they painted and rapped and moved through the streets of downtown Newark. What emerges is a unique glimpse behind the 'tags' at the kind of inner city kids who write on walls, but who also make art; who create out of wedlock children, but who also form binding relationships; who drop out of school and never read a book, but who create their own brand of poetry through the medium of 'rap.'

Status:Released
Release Date:Dec 11, 1986
Runtime: 28m

Top Cast

Too Sweet Hakeem

Too Sweet Hakeem

Phil Danzig

Phil Danzig

John Carlin

John Carlin

Roberta Crane

Roberta Crane

Henry Chalfant

Henry Chalfant

Official Videos

Hip Hop In Newark, N.J. 1986

Hip Hop In Newark, N.J. 1986

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