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Style Wars is an American 1983 documentary film on hip hop culture, directed by Tony Silver and produced in collaboration with Henry Chalfant. The film has an emphasis on graffiti, although bboying and rapping are covered to a lesser extent.
Style Wars is an American 1983 documentary film on hip hop culture, directed by Tony Silver and produced in collaboration with Henry Chalfant.
- 67 min
- 93.2K
- Black Current
Mar 26, 2021 · Style Wars: Directed by Tony Silver. With Demon, Kase 2, Eric Haze, D. 5. A documentary that exposes the rich growing subculture of hip-hop that was developing in New York City in the late '70s and early '80s, specifically focusing on graffiti art and breakdancing.
- (3.3K)
- Documentary, Music
- Tony Silver
- 2021-03-26
May 15, 2020 · Style Wars is the linchpin of the early ’80s hip-hop canon that includes narrative films like Wild Style, Breakin’, and Beat Street. It won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1984 and...
- Sheldon Pearce
STYLE WARS captured the look and feel of New York’s ramshackle subway system as graffiti writers’ public playground, battleground and spectacular artistic canvas. Opposing them by every means possible were Mayor Edward Koch, the police, and the New York Transit Authority.
“Talk about groundbreaking films: Style Wars, a documentary about graffiti artists, was first broadcast by PBS. A prescient study of taggers, their exuberant art and the roots of hip-hop culture.”
Available on Philo, Peacock, Prime Video, Tubi TV, Amazon Freevee, Sling TV. Style Wars is the legendary hip-hop documentary and a timeless film classic, the indispensable record of a golden age of youthful creativity and exploding hip hop subculture.
