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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.
New York’s legendary kings of graffiti and b-boys own a special place in the hip hop pantheon. STYLE WARS has become an emblem of the original, embracing spirit of hip hop as it reached out across the world from underground tunnels, uptown streets, clubs and playgrounds.
STYLE WARS is regarded as the indispensable document of New York Street culture of the early ’80s, the filmic record of a golden age of youthful creativity that exploded into the world from a city in crisis.
Mar 14, 2022 · Style Wars is an American 1983 documentary film on hip hop culture, directed by Tony Silver and produced in collaboration with Henry Chalfant. The story explores graffiti, b-boying and rapping ...
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...
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.
Style Wars. 1983 · 1 hr 10 min. TV-PG. Documentary · Music. A groundbreaking documentary, first aired in 1983 on PBS, about the New York City scene where breakdancing and graffiti artists came into their own.
Movie Info. Filmmaker Tony Silver profiles New Yorkers who practice break dancing and graffiti. Genre: Documentary. Original Language: English. Director: Tony Silver....
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Style Wars. 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.
Style Wars. When director Tony Silver & 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.
