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.
Direction
Ahearn's documentary-fiction hybrid invented a genre.
Sound
Grandmaster Flash scratching live — history being made.
Production
Real subway yards, real beef, zero permits.
Director
Charlie Ahearn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lee Quiñones painted the 'Howard the Duck' train piece seen in the film — it ran for months before the MTA buffed it.
This premiered the same week as 'Gandhi' at Cannes — nobody knew which culture would dominate global imagination. Spoiler: both, weirdly.
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