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Rating: 6 stars

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mubi new york city brooklyn 1980s rap graffiti culture subway tagging art race black history

All movies seen on 06/15/2020

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Wild Style (1982)

Directed by Charlie Ahearn

Drama | Music

Most recently watched by VicnaLobster, archstanton43, sleestakk

Overview

Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city’s hottest and most elusive graffiti writer. The actual story of the movie concerns the tension between Zoro’s passion for his art and his personal life, particularly his strained relationship with fellow artist Rose.

Rated R | Length 82 minutes

Actors

'Lee' George Quinones | Lady Pink | Fab 5 Freddy | Patti Astor | ZEPHYR | Busy Bee | Carlos Morales | Alfredo Valez | Niva Kislac | Glenn O'Brien | Johnny "Crash" Matos | Daze | Fred "Caz" Glover | Edwin "Obe" Ortez | Lisa Lee | Henrietta Henry | Pamela Smith | Diane Parker | Lillian "Cookie" Brown | Lil' Marcky C. | Lil' Sput | Michael Martin | Nathan Ingram | Joe Lewis | Vernon "Pookie" Daniels | Kennedy Lee Howard | Perky B. | Dondi | Jose Ortiz | A.J. | Grandmaster Flash

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Part of Mubi’s special “From New York To London: Sounds of the Streets”. It was fun to revisit this slice of hip hop culture and early ‘80s NYC.

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