Two Mikes, one tattoo, and a friendship inked in spray paint and philosophy.
Loosely based on Charles Dicken’s book “A Tale of Two Cities”, Working Class tells the tale of underground street artists Mike Giant and Mike Maxwell and their decade long friendship that started with a tattoo. The story is told through the cities they call home by, cutting back and forth between the neighborhoods of San Francisco and San Diego, as the artists talk about their life philosophies and the work they create.
Cinematography
Street-level city portraits feel alive.
Practical Effects
Real tattoos, real walls, zero fakery.
Writing
Dickens parallel actually kinda works.
Director
Jeff Durkin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mike Giant later became a REBECCA MINKOFF collaborator, trading walls for handbags.
The film captures 2000s street art before Banksy made it bankable—pure pre-Instagram documentation.
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