Product Details

• Actors: Chaz, Manone, Toonz, Mear, PJay
• Directors: Bob Bryan
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Bryan World Productions, LLC.
• VHS Release Date: November 15, 1995
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304069472
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #458,948 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Review

THIS DOCUMENTARY HELPS DISPEL THE PREJUDICES AGAINST GRAFFITI ART AND DRAWS THE VIEWER INTO THE WORLD OF HIP HOP THROUGH STUNNING VISUAL IMAGERY. --Airbrush Action

GRAFFITI VERITE' ARTICULATELY EXPLAINS THAT DESPITE THE NAYSAYING OF THE TRULY UNCULTURED MIDDLE CLASS, HIP-HOP IS A FUNCTIONING SUBCULTURE... ---Angry Thoreauan

GRAFFITI VERITE' DOES FOR L.A. WHAT STYLE WARS DID FOR NEW YORK! ---Art Crimes

HIS CRITICALLY PRAISED DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASES THE TALENT AND THE ARTFORM OF GRAFFITI ART. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ASPECT OF THE VIDEO IS ITS UNDERLINING MESSAGE-GRAFFITI ART TRANSCENDS THROUGH CULTURES AND COUNTRIES. ULTIMATELY BOB BRYAN WANTS GRAFFITI ART TO BE LEGAL SO ART CAN BE EXPRESSED FREELY. ---Beat Down Magazine

HIS STRIPPED-DOWN APPROACH TO THE DIVERSITY OF POLITICS, AGE, CLASS AND PHILOSOPHY WITHIN THE LA-LA WRITING SCENE HAS WON HIM COUNTLESS AWARDS AND ACCLAIM THE WORLD OVER OVER.---Big Time Magazine

PROVIDES GRAFFITI ARTISTS A FORUM FOR THEIR WORK TO BE RECOGNIZED AS A WORLDWIDE ART PHENONENON.---Bikini Magazine --Various Reviews

THIS FASCINATING DOCUMENTARY CHRONICLING URBAN STREET ART FORGOES NARRATION TO LET 24 YOUNG, L.A.-BASED HIP HOP GRAFFITI ARTISTS TELL THEIR OWN STORIES, WITH WORDS AND WITH SPRAYCANS. ---Blockbuster Video

... A MUST FOR BEGINNERS AS WELL AS ESTABLISHED GRAF ARTISTS. ---The Bomb Hip-Hop Magazine

THE COLORFUL, NEON-LIKE MURALS SEEN HERE (FAR REMOVED FROM UGLY GANG TERRITORY MARKINGS) ARE, RATHER, THE BRASH PICASSO'S OF HIP-HOP CULTURE.--- Booklist Review

ONE GRAFFITI ARTIST RECALLS THAT IN GRADE SCHOOL HE WAS ASKED BY A TEACHER WHAT HE WANTED TO BE WHEN BE GREW UP, TO WHICH HE RESPONDED, I WANT TO BE EITHER A TERRORIST OR AN ARTIST.--- 16th Annual Breckenridge Colorado Festival of Film

GRAFFITI VERITE' STRIVES FOR RECOGNITION OF THIS CULTURE ALLOWING THE AUDIENCE ITSELF TO CONSIDER THIS TO BE VANDALISM OR A NEW AMAZING FORM OF MASS ART.--- Calmant Magazine, LITHUANIA

GRAFFITI VERITE' LIVES UP TO ALL IT'S REVIEWS AND THEN SOME...---Catch 22 Phanzine

APPROPRIATE AND USEFUL CLASSROOM MATERIAL...--- Committee for The Los Angeles County Office of Education --Various Reviews

WE ENDORSE GRAFFITI VERITE' TO REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN ALL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS. AN AMERICAN FILM ABOUT A GREAT AMERICAN ART FORM!--- 1996 Council of Non-Theatrical Events (CINE)

BOB BRYAN OFFERS A REVEALING GLIMPSE INTO THE WORLD OF LOS ANGELES GRAFFITI ARTISTS WHO USE PUBLIC AREAS AS AN URBAN ART GALLERY FOR THE MASSES.--- Documental, Experimental Film & Video Series

WITH INTERVIEWS OF SOME OF LA'S GREATEST ... THEY COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS VIDEO A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THIS CITIES ABILITIES TO GET ILL.

...EVERY SERIOUS HIP-HEAD MUST CONSIDER ADDING GRAFFITI VERITE' TO HIS COLLECTION OF KNOWLEDGE.--- Downlow Magazine, London ENGLAND I

F YOU REGARD GRAFFITI AS DEFACEMENT OF PROPERTY - SOMETHING THAT GENTRIFICATION SHOULD ERASE - YOU MUST SEE THIS VIDEO!--- Eye Magazine, Underground News

ONE OF THE NEWEST AND BEST GRAF VIDEOS OUT THERE. ---594 Graffiti Magazine

...YOU'LL SEE LIVE ACTION, FRESH PIECES/SKETCHES AND INTERVIEWS WITH WRITERS SUCH AS RISK, TEMPT, TOONZ, NERV & MANY MORE... ABSOLUTELY WORTH CHECKING OUT!!--- From Here to..., Oslo NORWAY --Various Reviews

Product Description

The highly respected multi award-winning documentary film GRAFFITI VERITE examines graffiti art from the perspective of those who create and appreciate it.

The film follows 24 different artists from Los Angeles as they demonstrate their graffiti technique and discuss the roots and meaning of graffiti art.

Bob Bryan's award-winning documentary reveals the underground world of the urban art from. Candid interviews and open discussions with the artists provide insight into the link between graffiti, ritualistic hieroglyphics and cave paintings, as well as how graffiti functions as a form of street propaganda and public art gallery.

GRAFFITI VERITE discusses the spraypaint medium as a serious form of public art that is connected to the larger history of cultural expression.

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Customer Reviews

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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fifty Nine (59) On-Line Reviews, March 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Graffiti Verite: Read the Writing on the Wall [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"Required viewing for all citizens of big cities thatdon't understand the significance and impact of graffiti." RAP PAGES "This documentary helps dispel the prejudices against Graffiti and draws the viewer into the world of hip hop through stunning visual imagery." AIRBRUSH ACTION "Intelligent and in-depth; it's 45 minutes of art, from Gallery Shows to the stuff on the streets. GRAFFITI VERITE' is sure to open your eyes." JUXTAPOZ MAGAZINE "A mind-exspanding experience in people's as opposed to commercial culture." MSRRT NEWSLETTER END

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars That old getting dirty feeling, December 8, 2006

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Richard Aguas - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Graffiti Verite: Read the writing on the wall (DVD)

Why are people making things look new in a dank, dark and decripate surronding ? Because somebody else did it. Graffiti V is cool because people give accounts of situations gone horribly bad. You can feel the feeling of something not right in the surrondings. This is more dark cinema from the recordings of questionable content. This is the product of environment and what actually went down for these people. I never knew what went down over there but this the footage.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Graffiti Verite' A presentation of L.A. area graffiti, March 8, 2001

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www.urbandesignz.com ((Graf Site) Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Graffiti Verite: Read the Writing on the Wall [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Graffiti Verite showcases the graf movement in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. This video is A good first step as A introduction but Graffiti Verite 2 should also be purchased to complete the story. A must for any video collection!