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Dec 11, 2018 · The Man Who Stole Banksy: Directed by Marco Proserpio. With Katrin Ahmad, Alaa Al-Shallabi, Shams Aldeek, Paulos Allam. In 2007 Banksy slips into Palestine to paint on walls. What follows is a story of clashing cultures, art, identity, theft and black market.
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- Documentary
- Marco Proserpio
- 2018-12-11
Synopsis. “The Man Who Stole Banksy” starts as the story of the Palestinian perspective on the most important street artist in the world and soon turns into the discovery of an extensive secret market of masonry stolen from city streets around the world, of cultures meeting and clashing in the face of an unsustainable political situation ...
Movie Info. In 2007 the anonymous graffiti artist Banksy paints a series of political works around Palestine, only to have them cut down and sold off to the highest bidder. Genre: Documentary.
- Documentary
What follows is a story of clashing cultures, art, identity, theft and black market. In 2007 Banksy goes to Palestine to paint on walls. Someone takes offense at a piece depicting an Israeli soldier checking a donkey's ID. A local taxi driver decides to cut it off and sell it back to the West.
Kathleen Sachs Chicago Reader. TOP CRITIC. Its message is somewhat unclear, but the pairing of a seemingly trivial issue against a much more significant one-living in a place where one's...
May 14, 2018 · Marco Prosperio ’s ambitious debut feature The Man Who Stole Banksy is a far-reaching plunge into the modern art world. Specifically, how the removal and auctioning of a four-ton Banksy wall-piece made of concrete became a microcosm of issues in art, law, international politics—and, perhaps most important of all, ethics.
