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" The minority artists are so well represented and come across with such integrity, intelligence, and cultural and artistic knowledge. This will do a great deal to help dispel the usually wrong impression that Graffiti Artists are anti-intellectual and unaware of anything other than their own wish to express themselves..." -Andrew Connors, National Museum, Smithsonian Institution
"Appropriate
and useful classroom material..." -Committee
for The Los Angeles County Office of Education
"
This Documentary helps dispel the prejudices against Graffiti Art and draws
the viewer into the world of Hip Hop through stunning visual imagery."
-Airbrush Action Magazine
" The strength of your Documentary is that you focus on the commentary of the artists...to understand their thinking and what motivates them is really important to an appreciation of this art form." -The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA
"Close-up and personal! This newly released and beautifully produced Documentary uncovers the underground Los Angeles Graffiti Art Movement and explores it's relation to contemporary Hip-Hop Culture." -Public Art Review
"A must-see video to understand what is happening to the inner world of today's Urban Children." -Wisconsin Bookwatch
"The colorful, neon-like murals seen here (far removed from the ugly gang territorial markings) are, rather, the brash Picasso's of Hip-hop culture." -Booklist Review>
"Intelligent
and in-depth. It's 45 minutes of art...From Gallery shows to the
stuff on the streets. Graffiti Verite' is sure to open your eyes."
-
Juxtapoz Magazine
"The
Documentary's narration is done by the spray-painter's themselves...They
trace the history of Los Angeles' Graffiti to the pre-aerosol says of the
1940's, explaining the evolution of lettering styles and the expansion
of tagging into what they call 'piecin' ".
-Los Angeles Times
"A
mind expanding experience in peoples'-as opposed to commercial culture."
-MSRRT Newsletter>
"I
kept being reminded of works of Keith Haring and Salvador Dali. I
guess in some ways all art begins as rebellion ! The M.B.C. would be honored
to add the program (Graffiti Verite': Read the Writing on the Wall) to
our extensive collection of award-winning documentaries."
"The
strength of your videotape is that you focus on the commentary of the Artists...to
understand their thinking and what motivates them is really important to
an appreciation of this artform."
-The Museum of Contemporary Art>
"...Graffiti
Verite' is gritty and does not glamorize Graffiti Verite."
-Bolton Colburn, Senior Curator, Orange Coounty Museum
"The
range of the Los Angeles Artists and styles included in this video is mind-boggling...Filmmaker
Bob Bryan captures the tense energy of the writers by not allowing the
viewer space to reflect on or time to absorb all the information he packs
into this video !" -Public
Art Review
"Required
viewing for all citizens of big cities that don't understand the significance
and impact of Graffiti Art..." -Rap Pages
Magazine
"The
work shown in the video is very impressive, even more so when you consider
that the primary tool here is a can of spray paint."
-The
Museum of Broadcast Communications
-Video
Librarian Review
*Literary
Page Poetry (Poetry written
for the Page -
GV6 THE ODYSSEY)
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Congratulations on GV7
RANDOM URBAN STATIC winning a 2009
Telly Award in
the category of "Entertainment."
The
Telly Awards receives more than 14,000 entries annually from all 50 states
and countries around the world. Entries in the Telly Award competition
do not compete against each other. Rather, they compete against a high
standard of excellence. The statuettes are designed by the same firm
that designs the Oscar and Emmy awards.
"Directed
by filmmaker Bob Bryan, the focus here on the
craft, rather than the personal quirks of poets Natalie Patterson, Poetri,
Sekou tha misfit, Hunter Lee Hughes, Vejea Jennings, Common Ground, Bridget
Gray, Mollie Angelheart, J. Walker, Nick Lopez, Tim'm T. West, Rachel Kann,
The Lindz and Eric Haber.
Yes, their personalities and inspirations shine through, but the essence of craft is what Bryan captures, honestly and admirably. Craft in the poets sharing their philosophies on why they do what they: "People do not listen. They only hear static, the noise." Or how humor, irony become allegory for deeper problems, such as a jaded ode to the south's own caloric noose on the black man: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.
If
you don't know anything about spoken word but the HBO versions, or think
you know something about poetry but wish to know more, check out Bob Bryan's
Random Urban Static--and learn, understand
what's been there all along. Devotion. " --Review
by Christopher Chambers
"Graffiti Verite' 7 takes us on a journey to experience spoken word artists in a different setting. Usually these artists are revered on the stage. This piece takes us into a more intimate place showing us these artists while they, write, rant, or simply talk about their experience.
This added an enhanced texture to relationship between the artist and the audience. Grafitti Verite' 7 shows us the different aspects of spoken word not just as a form of poetry but as an avenue of emotion. Bob Bryan displays a plethora of personalities, lifestyles, and experiences that have a common link—the need to express and connect with an audience.
We are introduced with intense words that emphasize the powerful grass roots effort of spoken word and its strong impact that it has on individuals as opposed to mass approach.... The documentary shines best when highlighting the relationship between hip hop and spoken word. It implies a social consciousness in spoken word missing in commercial hip-hop. He also exposes spoken word as a safe haven to those opposed or excluded in hip-hop’s hyper masculine image. " ---Review by Sade Wilkins
Our goal: The Indie is about helping independent filmmakers gain publicity and secure distribution, the Holy Grail of filmmaking. We have relationship with distributors friendly to independent filmmakers. Entries are judged against high standards of excellence and against each other. The Indie Fest provides an equal chance of winning for all entrants, regardless of size and budget. Entries are judged on quality of craft and creativity. The Indie Fest is a showcase for cinematic gems and unique voices. Notable artistic and technical productions that exceed industry standards are recognized at the Award of Merit level. Judging standards are high and selective.
" More
than just two hours of pure poetry, Bryan World Production's Graffiti Verite'
'7 is a hip-hopumentary of a world class order, a documentary that walks
inside the universe of hip hop and Spoken Word and gets to the heart of
it without pulling the soul out from underneath. With interviews and visual
cues interspersed with the lines and verses of the featured poets themselves
- sometimes in performance and sometimes dduring bouts of inspiration. Director
Bob Bryan delivers a thoughtful and provocative look at Spoken Word as
an art form, as well as, a lifestyle. "
--WORLD
CLASS POETRY Poetry DVD Review by Poet, Allen Taylor
" What
I really like about this documentary is that there is an equal amount of
focus on the poetry and performance as there is with the one-on-one interviews
for each poet. Issues of analyzing the portrayal of oneself vs. reality,
the crumbling state of hip hop, date-rape, inequality of women, homosexuality,
anorexia, and so much more are openly displayed. No topic is taken lightly
or avoided, these poets are completely exposed. "
--Review
written by Melody Simpson
GV7 RANDOM
URBAN STATIC has just been awarded the
prestigious Platinum EMPixx Award in the Category of Independent
Films & Video - "Best Documentary."
Thomas Edison called his invention “Moving Pictures.” More
than 100 years later, we are now in the age of Moving Pixels. The EMPixx
Competition was created by David E. Carter, a multiple Emmy® and
Clio® winner with a long history of innovation for the creative world.
Carter founded American Corporate Identity, edits the Creativity Annual,
and founded the Telly® Awards. Now, he has created an innovative award
for the era of Moving Pixels. The EMPixx Awards is sponsored by
The American Pixel Academy, an organization founded by professionals and
educators in the pixel media.
" Spoken Word as opposed to page poetry is a literary artistic performance in which lyrical rhyming narratives are presented with a raw, honest intensity designed to move the audience to action. The poets on this DVD all have some form of this agenda whether the form is self-exploration, political consciousness, empowerment, activism, or social and behavioural change." --David Fraser, Featured Writer for Ascent Aspirations Magazine
" In
fact, the DVD shows most of the artists working with the page before they
come to the mike. Because it contains a critique of the violence
and sexism in Hip Hop, as well as analysis of the role of Hip Hop and Spoken
Word poetry in the culture, this DVD is to be recommended as a classroom
tool for writers and artists going into classrooms to share their visions
and for classroom teachers who want to provoke a discussion. These
artists COMMUNICATE big-time. " --Nancy
Shiffrin, PhD.
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Description:
Graffiti Verite' is
an amazing multi-award winning documentary that explores the eclectic world
of hip hop and the urban graffiti artist. Graffiti
Verite is the first up-close and personal
expose into the graffiti art world as experienced by 24 artists whose artistic
tool of choice is the spraycan. Graffiti Verite is a 45 minute groundbreaking
documentary that includes interviews and behind the scenes views of 24
of Los Angeles' most prolific and talented graffiti artists. Graffiti
Verite's conversations vary from comparative
discussions on graffiti's ancestral connection to the ritualistic hieroglyphics
and cave writings to discussions of graffiti art as a form of "street-level
propaganda" and public art gallery for the anonymous public. Graffiti
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GV2 follows
in the footsteps of Graffiti Verite, the multi award-winning documentary
that explored the worlds of hip-hop and graffiti. Bob Bryan's second documentary
on graffiti art checks out some of Los Angeles's most impressive works,
including the monumental Belmont tunnels designs created by Skill and his
crew, U.T.I. Featuring more than 400 artists -- including the winners of
the International Graffiti Art Competition -- and a beat-driven soundtrack.
Bryan's GV2
film explores graffiti as a way for the urban community to express what's
going on in their world and also helps to unearth the truth about the historical
relevance of the graffiti art movement, set against the backdrop of today's
urban landscape. Includes music by The Psycho Realm, B-Boys, and DMG.
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GV3
is the third installment of the five part
Graffiti Verite documentary series exploring the controversial underground
Graffiti Art Movement. In GV3,
filmmaker Bryan steps away from the traditional storytelling format this
time around and reinvents himself by using contemporary musical idioms
from different countries to proclaim the narrative. Sometimes communicating
to us in Italian, Malaysian, Latin, Pygmy, African or English; the Ethnic,
World, Hip Hop, Techno, Metal, Fusion, Ballads, and House music all conspire
to disorient our sensibilities and preconceptions about this underground
art form. This experimental musical opus probes the socio-political context
that distracts the average person from appreciating the historical/artistic
significance and impact of graffiti.
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Description:
Graffiti Verite 4: Basic Techniques for Creating
Graffiti Art on Walls & Canvas is the
ultimate primer/tutorial and step-by-step program on spray can art. Most
popular amongst educators, the series has given outsiders a rare glimpse
into the outstanding art and eclectic personalities behind the controversial
Graffiti Art Movement. In GV4,
Cleveland, Ohio artist SANO (two-time winner of the International Graffiti
Art Competition) pulls you into the underground art form by showing the
concepts, aesthetics, techniques, and style needed to complete a perfect
semi 'Wild Style' masterpiece on a legal wall as well as aerosol art on
canvas. GV4
is a must-have-video for art instructors, art students, galleries, museums,
libraries, and educational institutions who've been bewildered at spray
can technique. As a unique lesson plan, no other program exists in the
marketplace of ideas that can compare to the inspiration, skill, and intelligence
of GV4.
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Description:
Multi award-wining independent filmmaker,
Bob Bryan took his camera on the road (in search of Hip Hop) to the heartland
of America. Bryan was invited to document a historic four-day Hip Hop Summer
Workshop conducted at Metro High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which resulted
in Graffiti
Verite 5: The Sacred Elements of Hip Hop.
What emerges is a portrait of the educational value and liberating therapeutic
power contained within the unique elements of the contemporary Hip Hop
movement. Turntablism (DJing), Break-dancing, MC'ing (rapping), and Graffiti
Art are the four Hip Hop elements used in what Bryan sees as a multi-faceted
communications modality and dynamic educational learning system. 'In
GV5,
I wanted to take a closer look at the facts. It turns out that the four
elements of hip hop, if used creatively, can give our educators an invaluable
tool to bridge the communications and learning dyslexia that exist between
students, educators, and the 4Rs. It's time to explore this type of multi-intelligence
model and integrate its positive potential usefulness into the curriculum,
as a method of connecting with today's youth.' - Bob
Bryan, Filmmaker.
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Description:
Continuing his long-running Graffiti Verite
Series, in GV6
filmmaker Bob Bryan combines poetry readings,
graphic iconography and insightful interviews in a probing exploration
of the work and creative processes of 31 contemporary poets. The artists
include: Cheryl Beychok, Rod Bradley, Elena Byrne, Luis Campos, Victoria
Chang, Wanda Coleman, Brendan Constantine, Kamau Daaood, Jim Natal, Aleida
Rodriguez and others. " If you can buy only one poetry program this
year, buy this odyssey of 31 poets who read, rant, and philosophize about
what they do. This treasure trove of contemporary poets spans all ages
and ethnicities--just having them together here is exciting. Each poet
is articulate and passionate. Viewers who already love poetry will be grateful
to have so much solid poetry at hand and hear it read so well by its creators.
Those new to poetry or unfamiliar with the art will get a gentle and stimulating
education. High school and college students, as well as adults, should
respond well to the film as there is so much here to discuss and explore.
The bonus features include complete readings. Recommended
for all collections. Poetry lives here!
"
-
LIBRARY JOURNAL . GV6
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Description:
GV7
returns to the enigmatic world of Poetry.
This time around he retrieves the perspectives of fifteen (15) uniquely
talented poets involved in the world of SPOKEN WORD. From Grand-Slam
Champions to Open-Mic Veterans, GV7
crosses all philosophical, racial, and social
lines becoming the quintinessial SPOKEN WORD documentary. What comes
through in this video is the pure authenticity of voice, the raw honesty
of the poets’ passions to communicate their messages. This video is an
excellent production that familiarizes you with the personal lives and
ideas of the poets, lets you see the full performances of their best spoken
word pieces, pieces that speak to issues such as anorexia, obesity, bulimia,
racism, date rape, drug addiction, personal relationships, maturation,
foreign and domestic policy and so on. We see the poets at a grassroots
level struggling with these issues, confronting their demons and turning
it all into performance art with messages for change.
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