Piece by Piece (documentary)

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Piece by Piece
Theatrical Poster
Directed by	Nic Hill
Edited by	Nic Hill John Murillo
Associate Producers	Ed Walker Tom Quickel Noah Tsutsui
Art Direction by	Adam Hazard Brishen Mahoney Mike Tran
Visual Effects by	Adam Hazard
Theatrical Release Date	January 3, 2005
Running Time	78 min
Production House	Underdog Pictures

Piece By Piece is a documentary film directed by Nic Hill. The film highlights San Francisco's graffiti art movement from the early 1980s to 2004. It is narrated by veteran San Francisco graffiti artist Senor One.

Tagline: The History of San Francisco Graffiti, Documented

Official website: www.piecebypiecemovie.com

1 Featured Artists & Graffiti Crews
2 Soundtrack
3 From the Piece by Piece presskit
4 See also
5 Awards

[edit] Featured Artists & Graffiti Crews

Dug, Saber, Cycle, Grey, Seen, Dream, Tie, KR, Revok, Twist, Renos, Crayone, Diet, Ub-40, Reminisce, Deen, Buter, Giant, Jorone, Vegan, Kode, Norm, Reyes, Abhor, Awe, Bless, Bzaro, Case2, Charo, Chief, Cope2, Cuba, Cyme, Cypher, Darks, Dj Rise, Emuse , Erupto, Flack, Fury, Igni, Jase, Maseo, Mque, Nate, Neon, Omen, Phine, Phresh, Piccaso, Poesia, Quake, Raeyvn, Rolex, Saytr, Sibl, Skew, Skrag, Spie, Sprays, Trem, Twick, UFO, Vogue, TMF, TWS, ICP, AS, THR, HTK, FSC, BMB, MSK, AWR, AOK, LORDS, BA, GTB, KUK, OSD, and BST in addition to others.

[edit] Soundtrack

DJ Qbert, D-Styles, TOPR, People Under The Stairs, All Bets Off, Kid 606, Dystopia, and Bas1, in addition to others.

[edit] From the Piece by Piece presskit

Synopsis
Piece By Piece is a groundbreaking film that documents San Francisco's highly controversial graffiti art movement. A story told by those who live the experience, Piece By Piece offers an intimate journey into the most intriguing and misunderstood artistic movement of modern youth culture. By detailing the last 20 years of San Francisco's graffiti, this tale offers the most candid and accurate story behind the writing on the wall in Northern California.

Chapter 1
The first segment of Piece by Piece lays out the fundamentals of San Francisco graffiti by documenting topics that laid the groundwork for today’s Bay Area graffiti. Items covered are “Cholo” writing, the impact of PBS’s Style Wars (1983), and the development of San Francisco’s defined style. This segment includes not only San Francisco’s graffiti originals, but also commentary from noted New York writers such as Seen, Cope2, and Case2. It also covers the tragedy of Dream One, an SF graffiti pioneer and a vocal figurehead in Bay Area urban welfare activism.

Chapter 2
Expanding on the discipline of San Francisco style, the second segment elaborates on what it takes to establish credibility among the graffiti community and how San Francisco became an international magnet for ground breaking graffiti styles yet to be seen in other parts of the world. This segment features classic works from writers such as KR and the horses of Reminisce, following writers and documenting their creative expression. The film features well-known graffiti artists such as: Grey, Buter, Joro, Norm, and Barry McGee (Twist).

Chapter 3
While graffiti is largely considered an underground movement, it’s no secret that this art form has invoked a huge response from everyday citizens. The final segment of Piece by Piece explores the wide range of public opinion towards graffiti by bringing a voice to the citizens of San Francisco and the law enforcement officers who claim to represent their interests. The film also captures the artists’ heartfelt confessions of their love and addiction to graffiti art and typographic lettering, as well as their social activism, and short life span of their work.