Style Wars
Directors2
- Tony Silver
- Henry Chalfant
Summary
Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary on New York City subway graffiti and the broader hip-hop culture surrounding it. The film captures writers like Dondi, Seen, Skeme and Cap, alongside b-boys from the Rock Steady Crew, against the backdrop of Mayor Koch's anti-graffiti crackdown.
Hip-hop relevance
Considered the definitive documentary record of early-1980s graffiti and breaking culture. It won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1983 Sundance Film Festival (then the U.S. Film Festival) and remains a primary source for academic and curatorial work on hip-hop's visual elements.
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