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-'''''Style Wars''''' is an American 1983 documentary film on [[hip hop culture]] and its American roots, 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. The film was originally aired on [[PBS]] television on January 18th, 1984, and was subsequently shown in several [[film festival]]s to much acclaim, including the [[Vancouver International Film Festival|Vancouver Film Festival]]. It also won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the [[Sundance Film Festival]].+'''Lady Pink''' born '''Sandra Fabara''' (1964), is an Ecuadorian-American [[graffiti]] and [[mural]] artist. She has focused her career on empowering women, using graffiti and murals as acts of rebellion and self-expression.
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-The documentary captures and includes many historical moments of [[hip hop culture]] during its earliest days in the 1970s onward towards the early 1980s. +
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-==Background==+
-The documentary shows both the young artists struggling to express themselves through their art, and their points of view on the subject of graffiti, as well as the views of then [[New York City]] Mayor [[Ed Koch]], one-armed, now deceased graffiti writer Case/[[Jeff Brown (artist)|Kase 2]], graffiti writer Skeme and his mother, graffiti "villain" Cap, now deceased graffiti writer [[Dondi (Graffiti Artist)|Dondi]], [[Seen (artist)|Seen]] and Shy 147, graffiti documentarian (and co-producer of the film) Henry Chalfant, breakdancer [[Crazy Legs (dancer)|Crazy Legs]] of [[Rock Steady Crew]], police officers, art critics, subway maintenance workers, as well as several "people on the street".+
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-While ''Style Wars'' promoted the idea that [[graffiti]] is a form of creative expression, not every person within the film held this same belief. In fact, throughout the film we see ways in which institutions such as the government and law enforcement tried arduously to prevent graffiti in New York City. For example, the city spent a large sum of money on negative subway advertisements that portrayed graffiti as a crime. On top of this, the mayor (who at the time was [[Ed Koch]]) pushed for the building of fences, with the intent of blocking off the entrances to subways, where graffiti artists would create their work. Additionally, he had police guard dogs put into these areas to scare away those who may enter. Both Koch and [[New York City Police Department|The New York City Police Department]] rallied endlessly at an attempt to convince the city’s youth that graffiti is vandalism and that if they participated in it they would ruin their futures.+
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-Another perspective on graffiti shown in this film is that of well known artists. Many of them state that the reason why these teens spray paint murals on the sides of buildings is because they do not have any other place to do so, not because they want to intentionally break the law. Additionally, these individuals see potential for those that are involved in the culture beyond the streets. In the same way, they appreciate the art while simultaneously disagreeing with exactly how they do it. This in a way makes them middlemen within this documentary.+
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-==Reception==+
-In 2009, [[A. O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' examined the film:+
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-'''Style Wars'' is a work of art in its own right too, because it doesn't just record what these artists are doing, it somehow absorbs their spirit and manages to communicate it across the decades so that we can find ourselves, so many years later, in the city, understanding what made it beautiful'.+
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-==Featured graffiti artists==+
-*Demon+
-*Se3+
-*Spank+
-*[[DJ Kay Slay|Dez]]+
-*Skeme+
-*Ces 157+
-*Min 1 (NE)+
-*[[IZ (graffiti artist)|Iz the Wiz]]+
-*Quik+
-*Sach+
-*[[Dondi White|Dondi]]+
-*[[Seen (artist)|Seen]]+
-*[[Jeff Brown (artist)|Kase2]] +
-*DUSTER UA +
-*[[Zephyr (artist)|Zephyr]]+
-*Revolt+
-*Wasp 1+
-*Noc+
-*Kase+
-*D-5+
-*Kosco+
-*Trap+
-*Butch+
-*Zone+
-*Kid 167+
-*rafael 666+
-*Cap +
-*Shy 147+
-*Seen TC5+
-*[[Carlos Mare139 Rodriguez|Mare 139]]+
-*Daze+
-*[[Crash (graffiti artist)|Crash]]+
-*Paze+
-*Cey+
-*[[Futura 2000|Futura]]+
-*Fred+
-*Duro+
-*Taki 183+
-*Bridgette The Midget +
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-==Featured break dancers==+
-*[[Crazy Legs (dancer)|Crazy Legs]]+
-*[[Frosty Freeze]]+
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-==Featured music==+
-* "[[Eighth Wonder (song)|8th Wonder]]" by [[The Sugarhill Gang]]+
-* "[[The Message (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five song)|The Message]]" by [[Grandmaster Flash]]+
-* "[[Beat Bop]]" by [[Rammellzee]] and [[K-Rob]]+
-* "[[Drop the Bomb|Pump Me Up]]" by [[Trouble Funk]]+
-* "[[The Wanderer (Dion song)|The Wanderer]]" by [[Dion DiMucci|Dion]]+
-* "[[The Fearless Four (band)|Rockin' It]]" by [[The Fearless Four (band)|The Fearless Four]]+
-* "[[Jam Hot]]" by [[Johnny Dynell]]+
-* "[[Treacherous Three|Feel The Heartbeat]]" by [[Treacherous Three]]+
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-==DVD release==+
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-release.]] -->+
-The digitally remastered DVD edition also contains:+
-* 23 minutes of outtake footage+
-* Commentary and interviews by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant+
-* Interviews with ''Style Wars'' editors Victor Kanefsky and Sam Pollard+
-* Art galleries by Blade, Cap, Cey, Crash, Crazy Legs, Daze, [[DJ Kay Slay|Dez]], [[Dondi (Graffiti Artist)|Dondi]], Doze, Duro, Duster, Frosty Freeze, IZ the Wiz, Case/[[Jeff Brown (artist)|Kase 2]], Kel First, Ken Swift, Lee, Mare139, Min One, Noc 167, Paze (Erni), [[Lady Pink]], Quik, [[Rammellzee]], Revolt, Sach, [[Seen (artist)|Seen UA]], Shy 147, Skeme, Rafael 666, Tracy 168, and [[Zephyr (artist)|Zephyr]]+
-* Tributes to [[Dondi (Graffiti Artist)|Dondi]] and Shy 147+
-* Guest interviews with Blade, Lee, Kel First, [[Seen (artist)|Seen]], [[Tracy 168]], Cap, MIN (NE), QUIK, [[IZ (graffiti artist)|IZ the Wiz]], [[Fab 5 Freddy]], [[Goldie]], [[Guru (rapper)|Guru]], [[DJ Red Alert]], and photographer [[Martha Cooper]]+
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-==2011 restoration auction==+
-On June 9, 2011 it was announced that [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] bassist, [[Flea (musician)|Flea]] along with actors [[Brad Pitt]] and [[James Franco]] and director [[Spike Jonze]] were donating items to an [[eBay]] auction that would raise money for restoring the film negatives for ''Style Wars''. The Auction ended on June 11, 2011.+
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-== References in other media ==+
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-DJ Mutt used quotes from the movie in his song titled "Big Lights, Big City" taken from his album ''Treading Water''. [[Black Star (rap duo)|Black Star]] used a clip from the movie in the intro to the song "[[Respiration (song)|Respiration]]" on [[Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star|the Black Star album]]. The [[Drum and bass|Drum and Bass]] group Ganja Kru, composed of [[DJ Hype]], [[DJ Zinc]], and Pascal, used quotes from the movie in their song titled "Plague That Never Ends". Swedish band [[The Radio Dept.]] used audio samples from the film in their single "Never Follow Suit" from the album ''[[Clinging to a Scheme]]''.+
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