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.'

Cast

Posters

Facts

Original TitleThe Writing on the Wall

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1986-12-11

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 00h 28m

Homepagehttps://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-259-tq5rc62f

Production CompaniesNew Jersey Network (NJN)

Genres

  • Documentary