Our favourite graffiti movies and documentaries
- Text by Alex King
- Photography by Valerio Polici
Graffiti was the ultimate escape, reflects photographer Valerio Polici in Huck 51 – The Adventure Issue. Cutting his teeth bombing the mean streets of Rome, Europe’s underground scene became was his world.
Running from the authorities, living on your nerve, and forging lasting bonds with other writers, becomes an all consuming lifestyle, and the danger, the illegality of it all, pulls people in and keeps them coming back for more. Valerio has chronicled his former graffiti life through photographs and anecdotes in his awesome book Ergo Sum.
In this playlist, we collect the best street art movies and documentaries.
Bomb It
Stations of the Elevated
Style Wars
Wild Style
Gimme the Loot
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Exit Through the Gift Shop
KCBR – Live Life Like
Piece By Piece: San Francisco Graffiti
Alter Ego
Kings and Toys
Bomber (King of Rotterdam)
New York Subway Graffiti Kings
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