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Style Wars

Style Wars

19847.41h 10m

Overview

Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Directed by Tony Silver
Produced by Henry Chalfant, Tony Silver
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Top Cast

C

Cap

Self

Daze

Daze

Self

Dondi

Dondi

Self

Kase 2

Kase 2

Self

E

Eric Haze

Self

Ed Koch

Ed Koch

Self

Rammellzee

Rammellzee

Self

Irene Cara

Irene Cara

Self

Gene Anthony Ray

Gene Anthony Ray

Self

S

Skeme

Self

Themes & Keywords

new york cityhip-hopgraffitisubculturenew york subwayyouth culturesubway trainbreakdancing

About Style Wars

Style Wars is a music, documentary, tv movie film released in 1984 exploring themes of new york city, hip-hop, graffiti, subculture, new york subway, youth culture. Directed by Tony Silver, it stars Cap, Daze, Dondi. Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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