The Writing on the Wall

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.'

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 11, 1986

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

New Jersey Network (NJN)

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site