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Style Wars

Style Wars

1984•1h 10m•7.5/10
MusicDocumentaryTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.5/10(60)

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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Public Art Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Cap

Self

Daze

Daze

Self

Dondi

Dondi

Self

Kase 2

Kase 2

Self

Eric Haze

Self

Ed Koch

Ed Koch

Self

Rammellzee

Rammellzee

Self

Irene Cara

Irene Cara

Self

Gene Anthony Ray

Gene Anthony Ray

Self

Skeme

Self

Lady Pink

Self

Duster

Self

Shy 147

Self

Mare 139

Mare 139

Self

Min 1

Min 1

Self

Seen

Self

DJ Kay Slay

Self

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