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Stations of the Elevated (1981)

Stations of the Elevated poster
Directed by
Manfred Kirchheimer
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
46 min
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary shows graffiti art on New York City trains from the late 1970s and early 1980s. It captures the works of graffiti artists against a background of city sounds and imagery.

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What happens

Stations of the Elevated is a 1981 documentary film by Manfred Kirchheimer about graffiti in New York City. It debuted at the New York Film Festival. It was re-released June 27, 2014, and shown at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and was re-released throughout the United States in the fall of 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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