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Dr Richard Clay goes in search of what it is that has made us scribble and scratch mementoes of our lives for more than 30,000 years. From the prehistoric cave paintings of Burgundy in France, through gladiatorial fan worship in Roman Lyons to the messages left on the walls of Germany's Reichstag in 1945 by triumphant Soviet troops, time and again we have wanted to leave a permanent record of our existence for our descendants. And it may be that this is where what today we call art comes from - the humble scratch, graffiti.

Graffiti art documentary from 2009

This movie tells the story of a Berlin graffiti crew, in some ways from rags to riches. It starts with their beginnings in Berlin Kreuzberg and ends with their creative movement worldwide. Today, the crew is a well known, prestigious one. Inspired by their philosophy

Released in 1999, this 50-minute video opens the trilogy. It focuses only on graffiti in the railway world. There are various activities such as the interior degradation of metro wagons (bomb marker and marker, window scratches), but also that of subway station. You can also see different scenes where the exteriors of metros, RER and trains SNCF are painted. Long passages are dedicated to the exhibition of his works when the trains roll. We can also see how graffiti artists get into train depots. The various crew (strips of graffiti) that can be seen in activities are 132, GAP, SDK and CLM.

Released in 2001 , this suite brings together more crews: 13ers, 156, BASF, CLM (Controle Le Metro), FMK, GT (Grim Team), MX, SME, Stealing Dealing Killing, TMA (The Unknown Crew) and the Swedish WUFC (Writers United Fuckin 'Crazy) in Stockholm . The action still taking place in Paris , it is considered a classic in the genre of video graffiti thanks to some passages having marked the spirits. Notably the first scene or the SDK and the WUFC paint an RER, or O'Clock (156) An RER wagon with a marker showing great dexterity. In addition to the scenes in the trains depots (RER, subway and SNCF trains), there are many passages on the street including Jonone (156), Seb (FMK) or the Grim Team, performing tags and throw -up. In addition, one discovers the use of the ice peak engraving on the metros permanently. A scene is dedicated to the episode of 1992 when the subway station of the Louvre was entirely tagged and grafted by VEP crew. This event shocked public opinion very strongly.

Criminal Minded

Girl Power is a documentary that presents female graffiti writers from fifteen cities – from Prague to Moscow, Cape Town, Sydney, Biel, Madrid, Berlin, Toulouse, Barcelona and all the way to New York. The graffiti community is predominantly a man's world, and men often share the view that graffiti – namely the illegal kind – is not for girls. And yet women have become increasingly more emancipated in recent years; there are female graffiti shows, magazines and websites. Girl Power captures the stories of ladies who have succeeded in the male graffiti world.

"The Legend of Cool 'Disco' Dan" is the story of black Washington DC told from the perspective of Cool "Disco" Dan starting with his birth during the civil rights era and follows his life parallel with the rise of Go-Go music through the 1980s (which is the unheard but yet dominant urban music of DC) and also local DC politics with Marion Barry's rise and fall. Despite ending up homeless Cool "Disco" Dan used graffiti to escape the social problems D.C. had in the 1980s when things turned violent and became known as the Murder Capital of the United States. Cool "Disco" Dan ends up as a cult character of DC and his name becomes a symbol of survival during DC's most trying years.

This documovie delves into the history of the NYC graffiti movement, tracing it thru 3 generations of well known writers. In depth conversations with ALI, BAMA, CRASH, KET, PART ONE, STAN 153yb, TERROR 161 and ZEPHYR classify this as sureshot cult classic

A film about the emergence of graffiti in and around Amsterdam. From the first principles from the punk period until the apotheosis at the Amsterdam metro to the world of contemporary design and art. Cast (only the ones with aliases and no known name) * AGAIN * ALIEN * ANGEL, member of the 'USA crew', appears in the book, not in the movie * DAZE * DE ZOOT * DELTA, member of the 'USA crew' * JAZ, member of the 'USA crew' * JEZIS, member of the 'USA crew' * JOKER, member of the 'USA crew' * QUIK * RHYME SHOE, member of the 'USA crew' * VENDEX * ZAP

From Henry Chalfant, the director genre defining documentary Style Wars, comes a short film featuring original graffiti innovators Blade and Maze painting a mural in 80's New York.

From Henry Chalfant, the director genre defining documentary Style Wars, comes what was intended to be the first installment in a regular television series on New York's bludgeoning hip-hop culture, with a specific focus on graffiti. Funding fell through but the material was just to good be left to languish. Chalfant put together what he had and, like Style Wars, it continues to stand as a document of a culture in blossom.

First broadcast in 1987 on the UK's Channel 4, Bombin' is a documentary about Afrika Bambaataa's Zulu nation bringing American hip-hop culture to the UK for first time. The main focus is the graffiti art of Brim and the variety of reactions he is faced with from the British public and press.

A take on the Valparaíso's graffiti scene through the eyes of "Quirón", a local artist.

Nychos is an illustrator, Urban Art- and Graffiti artist who became known with his street concept RABBIT EYE MOVEMENT (REM) 10 years ago. The icon of the movement is a white rabbit, which has been breeding since then and has been popping up in the streets all over the globe for the past decade. This is exactly what Nychos thrives for – he travels the world to spread his art and his REM concept. Within the last two years Nychos was accompanied by filmmaker Christian Fischer who recorded these journeys to create a full lenght movie. ”The Deepest Depths Of The Burrow” is a documentary about art, lifestyle and subculture.

Spending the youth in the suburb of Copenhagen, these young guys started painting the clasic S - Trains at their early teenage years, to distance themselves from the mundane and trivial every day life. To Stand out from the crowd and do what they loved the most. To prevent their passion for graffiti from becoming monotonous and boring, they started visiting capitals in the neighbouring countries, like Stockholm Oslo, Berlin and London. On these short trips they met people who turned out to become good friends and partners in crime. Soon their common appetite for adventure took them to the outskirts of Europe and later the world. On these trips they experienced crazy actions, hard chases, parties, jails, ghettos, hospitals, countless nights in tunnels and bushes, even many fails but most importantly the sweet taste of victories together.

The story of Melbourne's street art scene back in 2008. Starring the main characters of this artsy underworld, this short movie tries to understand the struggle of the artists, confronted to the illegality of their activity, but also to the growing demand of the public.

5AM gives you an insight look into the lives and minds of graffiti writers from LA, Arizona, NYC, Vancouver and Philly. This video contains live interviews, street and train bombing, mad hoes, drugs, fighting and more sexual contents along with party footage of the graffiti scene from the US and Canada. Featuring Leeto, Trigz, Grave, Srek, Bug, Jesus Saves, Gnes, Snak the Ripper, Ensoe, Hose, Koer, Bonks and Mensoe. Mad graffiti entertainment, Just 4 Fame!

10 Minutes is a 70min documentary filmed over the years 2004-2006, showing all the graffiti on trains and subway systems all over Europe and beyond. Live actions and traffic footage from Holland, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, USA, Sweden, Italy and England. 10 Minutes will be the first DVD from Holland and features many of the writers active on the Banana-trains, Amsterdam-subway and exclusive traffic and action footage of the Rotterdam subway system as well as nice actions on Milanos subway system and much much more!

Stations of the Elevated exposes viewers to an underground art scene- that is, one found exclusively on the sides of subways and train cars. A moving portrait of late-70's NYC, the film boasts a soundtrack by jazz legends Charles Mingus & Aretha Franklin.