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Freeway Ricky Ross: Crack vs. Meth
The real Rick Ross talks to filmmaker Kevin Booth about the difference between the effect of crack cocaine versus methamphetamine (speed) on the community. This clip is from a series of interviews conducted by telephone with Freeway Rick in Texarkana F.C.I. for the production of AMERICAN DRUG WAR: the last white hope. The real Rick Ross talks to filmmaker Kevin Booth about the difference between the effect of crack cocaine versus methamphetamine (spe... more
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NEW YORK STREET PEOPLE
WHY ARE THEY ALL SITTING ON THE STREET?
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Banksy's cover has been blown!
The identity of the secretive street artist has been outed by a Sunday newspaper and, shock horror, he's middle class. But does it matter?
July 14, 2008 10:45 AM
Banksy's Cans Festival. Photograph: Jim Dyson/Getty Images
Gasp, horror! Banksy isn't a fictional character. His cover has been blown. He's an actual person who makes art. Worse than that, according to the Mail on Sunday, he went to public school. He's middle class! He lived in suburbia! What did people expect? That just because he started with graffiti and grew into street art that he was some council estate hoodie with a knife?
The Mail on Sunday allegedly spent a year tracking him down - discovering the earth-shattering news that Banksy is a bloke called Robert Gunningham (who went to the same school as Sophie Anderton - though at different times). Spiced up with old interviews, the life the Mail describes is pretty dull. Bloke has middle management parents, goes to school, likes graffiti, makes some art, lives with some mates, moves to London from Bristol. Not exactly headline worthy.
The question of the artist's anonymity seized the public - and more importantly the media - since he first started making serious money. And that's the main issue. The secrecy of Banksy's identity seems to be much more about the public's fascination with celebrity and money than anything to do with art. Who is this invisible person raking in the cash and why isn't he in the pages of Heat magazine or sleazing it up at the back of Art Review? It's a good piece of marketing spin that the artist himself has played up by keeping quiet. If Banksy is a brand, will it be damaged by his outing?
But from an artistic point of view, will Banksy's exposure make his work better or worse now people know who he is? It may make his ability to make a street piece a little more difficult if coppers can follow him home afterwards. (That is assuming the police waste as much time and money as the Mail has on tracking him down.)
Perhaps in some way it's a good shift in people's perceptions of street artists and graffiti writers. They are not all naughty teenagers. Considering that scrawling on streets became popular in the UK in the 1980s, its not surprising that many street artists are closer to 40 than 15. They come from varied backgrounds and they make varied work. The question isn't who is Banksy. The question is who cares?
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Two more stabbing deaths in London
Two young men were stabbed to death last night just a few miles apart and within just a few hours, the Independent reports this morning.
The first attack was in Leyton, east London, at about 5.30pm. Police were later called to Walthamstow, where a man was found with a fatal stab wound.
Are the streets getting scarier? Two young men were stabbed to death last night just a few miles apart and within just a few hours, the Independent reports this mornin... more -
Recycling in Beijing
An afternoon spent with a normal family of undocumented workers, trying to make a living recycling in Beijing.
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I ragazzi del gioco
Ogni mercoledì in Piazza dei Mercanti, vicino al Duomo di Milano, si ritrova una grande quantità di ragazzi a giocolare. Chi per evasione e chi per passione imparano a fare del gioco uno spettacolo accessibile a tutti.
Si ringrazia per il servizio tutti coloro che hanno accettato simpaticamente la presenza di una telecamera, se pur un po' invasiva. E in particolare: Maurizio Bernone e Daniele Piras.
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A POLITE DISPLAY OF POWER
Music by Signal Elctrique - "Cops on the beat"
100 persons stop traffic, just crossing the road.
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Getting into Celebrity Events Uninvited
Crashers goes to all star game with out invite, tickets or passes, make it to front row and sit next to ex-chief of LAPD Brenard Parks and his family. Keep in mind we are not suppose to be in the building
Go Hard Entertainment Crashers goes to all star game with out invite, tickets or passes, make it to front row and sit next to ex-chief of LAPD Brenard Parks... more -
Real Talk Poets
Poets from every where feature. Go Hard Entertainment
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Dressing Beijing
A glimpse into winter styles hitting the hutongs of Beijing.
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Hip Hop To The Street (rap artist Cameron gets Jacked in LA hotel for his bling)
Fan and celebrity interviews. What is really going on on the streets, the real look in hip hop and the streets. Celebrities, and hood issues old news discussion on the streets (reality news show) We want the hip hop community to help stop the violence and crime. Fan and celebrity interviews. What is really going on on the streets, the real look in hip hop and the streets. Celebrities, and hood ... more
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Gang Banging or Not June 2008
Who's banging, ATF Compton gang or Lynwood dance crew. Street interviews from documentary Banging Peace Crips/Bloods. Raw as it comes
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Get Down: House
The next installment of the Get Down Dance series will take us to NYC for some house dancing.
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Kato to be served murder warrant for Akihabara rampage
Aside from having really high suicide rates, Japan is a relatively safe place to live. So, anything out of the peaceful ordinary is worth bringing up.
"Police said Wednesday they are preparing to serve Tomohiro Kato with an arrest warrant for murdering seven people on the streets of Tokyo's Akihabara district on June 8... The truck and knife rampage left seven dead and 10 wounded."
First the earthquakes, then a stabbing, now this. Might delay my trip until the fall. Aside from having really high suicide rates, Japan is a relatively safe place to live. So, anything out of the peaceful ordinary is wo... more -
Angst, Lies & Audio Tape
The Antagonist Movement hosts weekly events in NYC's East Village. It showcases local artists such as Brother Mike Cohen who shares his family's dysfunction through live readings and 'zines. Brother Mike incorporates a boombox into his readings and plays old, secretly-recorded tapes of teenage fights with his father. His booklet, Somewhere Between a Punch and a Hand Shake," published by the antagonist press, is a highly-regarded example of antagonist art. antagonistmovement.com The Antagonist Movement hosts weekly events in NYC's East Village. It showcases local artists such as Brother Mike Cohen who shares hi... more
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A Genius Outside the Academy
The Hip Hop Caucus tour featuring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. Yearwood is a minister, community activist, military chaplain, and one of the most influential people in Hip Hop. A powerful and fiery orator. The Hip Hop Caucus tour featuring Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. Yearwood is a minister, community activist, military chaplain, and one of ... more
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War In Public Schools
Looking at race relations in public schools
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LA Mayor Gang Reduction Plan
Jeff Carr appointed by Antonio Villaraigosa to reduce gang activity and head youth development
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MY GALLERY MILANO COME NON L'AVRESTE MAI VISTA!
My Gallery Milano inaugura il suo nuovo spazio espositivo, presentando un percorso molteplice: l’idea è quella di indagare sull’evoluzione della strada e degli artisti che le danno vita, passando per l'arte di strada, i graffiti e la street art.
31183 Production era lì nel giorno della sua nascita...e oggi ve la racconta in video come non l'avreste mai vista!
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My Gallery Milan inaugurates a new space, introducing a multiple way in his exhibition: the idea is that to inquire on the evolution of the street and the artists that gives life to it, passing from the street, the graffiti and the street art.
31183 Production was there in the day of its birth… and today it tells to you in video like not you would have never seen!
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Looking around Edinburgh Scotland
Filming Edinburgh from the hostel to the street to the cathedral to the mountains
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