February 5, 2010 • 9:09 am
This is the trailer for the documentary “A Walk Through Fort Greene”, which takes a look at how Fort Greene, Brooklyn became a convergence point for Black artistic minds in the 80s and 90s. Directed by Nelson George & Diane Paraga.
With interviews from Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Rosie Perez, Vernon Reid, Carl Hancock Rux, Saul Williams, Lorna Simpson, Alva Rogers, Kevin Powell, Toure, Bill Stephany and more.
Filed under: Art, Film , A Walk Through Fort Greene, Alva Rogers, Bill Stephany, Brooklyn, Carl Hancock Rux, Chris Rock, Documentary, Fort Greene, Kevin Powell, Lorna Simpson, Nelson George, Rosie Perez, Saul Williams, Spike Lee, Toure, Vernon Reid
January 16, 2010 • 8:50 am
August 18, 2009 • 9:24 am
Known as the original stencil pioneer by some street artist Blek Le Rat has been making his mark since the early 80s. Check out this short documentary on his life and work.
seen @ {SlamXHype}
Filed under: Art , Blek Le Rat, Documentary, Stencil, Street Art
Oishii Creative teams up with RETNA to salute American revolutionaries:
“To promote the launch of the documentary series “American Revolutionaries” on Ovation TV, Oishii Creative brought in the prolific graffiti artist Retna to create a lineup of outdoor ads.The ads, in which Retna used his talents and vibrant colors to make the iconic images of African-American musicians — including Tina Turner, Miles Davis, Nat King Cole, and Jimi Hendrix — pop, can be found all over the country on the sides of buildings, upon billboards, on kiosks and other outdoor locations including in Times Square at the corner of 51st and Broadway.”
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Filed under: Art , American Revolutionaries, Documentary, Graffiti, Oishii Creative, retna
A new documentary on Montreal street artist Roadsworth which premiered at Hot Docs in Toronto is out. The film focuses on Roadsworths unique style of augmenting road lines into works of art. It also talks about the legality of his artistic expression and ponders the question “(Will) Roadsworth revolutionize public space before he loses himself in the struggle?” Check out the trailer here:
{seen @ UrbPrankster}
Filed under: Art, Film , Documentary, Hot Docs, Montreal, Roadsworth, Street Art, Toronto
