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The Writing on the Wall(1986)
Status: Released
Date: 1986-12-11
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1 Votes
Time: 0h 28m
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.'
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
New Jersey Network (NJN)
Movie: The Writing on the Wall
Top 5 Billed Cast
Henry Chalfant
Video Trailer The Writing on the Wall
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Hip Hop In Newark, N.J. 1986 - Trailer
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