Name: Dortmund, Berlin & Frankfurt - The Rise of Graffiti Writing (1/6)
Uploaded: 2020-01-23T12:12:33.000+01:00
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Description: Cult films like Charlie Ahearn’s ‘Wild Style (1982), Henry Chalfant’s ‘Style Wars’ (1984) and ‘Beat Street (1984) by Harry Belafonte switched on a generation of young Germans to breakdance and hip-hop culture. Interviews with the first graffiti generation from Dortmund, Berlin and Frankfurt.

Dortmund, Berlin & Frankfurt

The Rise of Graffiti Writing - Dortmund, Berlin & Francfort

L'arte dei graffiti: Dortmund, Berlino e Francoforte

The Rise of Graffiti Writing - Dortmund, Berlin & Frankfurt

Cult films like Charlie Ahearn’s ‘Wild Style (1982), Henry Chalfant’s ‘Style Wars’ (1984) and ‘Beat Street (1984) by Harry Belafonte switched on a generation of young Germans to breakdance and hip-hop culture. Interviews with the first graffiti generation from Dortmund, Berlin and Frankfurt.

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<p>Cult films like Charlie Ahearn’s ‘Wild Style (1982), Henry Chalfant’s ‘Style Wars’ (1984) and ‘Beat Street (1984) by Harry Belafonte switched on a generation of young Germans to breakdance and hip-hop culture. Interviews with the first graffiti generation from Dortmund, Berlin and Frankfurt.</p>

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