The Banksy Job (2016)

Directed by

Dylan Harvey, Ian Roderick Gray

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows an art prankster who stole a sculpture by the street artist Banksy. It shows his motivation and the fallout from the theft.

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What happens

The Banksy Job is a 2016 documentary film directed by Ian Roderick Gray and Dylan Harvey about how self-described "art terrorist" Andy Link (AK47) stole Banksy's 2004 sculpture The Drinker. Funding for the film was crowdsourced in 2015 through Ivorlotte. The film premiered at the April 2016 Tribeca Film Festival. Andy Link attempted to attend the festival, but was denied a visa because of his criminal record. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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