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"Anybody who wants to understand what hip hop is all about needs to see a movie called Style Wars." -KRS-One When director Tony Silver and co-producer Henry Chalfant delivered the broadcast version of their prize-winning film to PBS in 1983, the world received its first full immersion in t...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: United States : MVD, 1983.
Subjects:
Graffiti > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Hip-hop > New York (State) > New York.
Break dancing > New York (State) > New York.
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs.
Subways > New York (State) > New York.
Graffiti > Aspect social > New York (État) > New York.
Hip-hop > New York (État) > New York.
Break dancing > New York (État) > New York.
New York (N.Y.) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Métros > New York (État) > New York.
Break dancing.
Graffiti > Social aspects.
Hip-hop.
Manners and customs.
Subways.
New York (State) > New York.
Documentary films.
Independent films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:"Anybody who wants to understand what hip hop is all about needs to see a movie called Style Wars." -KRS-One When director Tony Silver and co-producer Henry Chalfant delivered the broadcast version of their prize-winning film to PBS in 1983, the world received its first full immersion in the phenomenon that had taken over New York City. The urban landscape was physically transformed by graffiti artists who invented a new visual language to express both their individuality, and the voice of their community. In STYLE WARS, New York's ramshackle subway system is their public playground, battleground, and spectacular artistic canvas. As MC's, DJ's and B-boys rock the city with new sounds and new moves, we see street corner breakdance battles turn into performance art.
"Style Wars" is regarded as the indispensable document of NY street culture and subway graffiti art of the early '80s, the filmic record of a golden age of youthful creativity that exploded into the world from a city in crisis.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed June 18, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (70 min.)) : sound, color
Playing Time:01:09:01
Audience:Intended audience: Teen.
Awards:Sundance Film Festival: Grand Prize for Documentaries.
Production Credits:Cinematographer, Burleigh Wartes ; editors, Mary Alfieri, Victor Kanefsky, Samuel D. Pollard.