The Writing on the Wall

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MOVIE

The Writing on the Wall

"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.'

Release Date

1986-12-11

Year

1986

Duration

28m

Status

Released

Score

7.00

#hip-hop#ghetto#graffiti#vandalism#subculture#urban-decay#1980s#rap#newark,-new-jersey

Cast

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Too Sweet Hakeem

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Phil Danzig

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John Carlin

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Roberta Crane

Henry Chalfant

Henry Chalfant