Movie Description
The Writing on the Wall
(1986)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.'
Featured Crew
- Producer : Sandra King
- Cast : Too Sweet Hakeem,Phil Danzig,John Carlin,Roberta Crane,Henry Chalfant
Cast
Facts
Original TitleThe Writing on the Wall
Status Released
Release Information
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1986-12-11
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 28m
Homepagehttps://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-259-tq5rc62f
Production CompaniesNew Jersey Network (NJN)
Genres
- Documentary