This is the explosive new documentary from award-winning director
Jon Reiss investigating the most subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international
youth culture: graffiti. Through interviews and guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action on 5 continents,
BOMB IT tells the story of graffiti from its origins in prehistoric cave paintings thru its notorious
explosion in New York City during the 70's and 80's, then follows the flames as they paint the globe.
Featuring old school legends and current favorites such as Taki 183, Cornbread, Stay High 149, T-Kid,
Cope 2, Zephyr, Revs, Os Gemeos, KET, Chino, Shepard Fairey, Revok, and Mear One. This cutting edge documentary
tracks down today's most innovative and pervasive street artists as they battle for control over the
urban visual landscape. You'll never look at public space the same way again.
BOMB IT has shot in Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tijuana,
London, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg, Berlin, Cape Town, São Paulo, and Tokyo.
Official Selection:
Tribeca Film Festival
Helsinki International Film Festival
Leeds International Film Festival
Olympia Film Festival
Cork International Film Festival
Calgary International Film Festival
Oslo International Film Festival
Reviews:
"The high-energy Bomb It presents an in-depth, and extremely entertaining,
look at the history of graffiti from gifted music video director Jon Reiss. This is a New York movie
through and through, and so passionate it may (briefly) convince you that a clean subway train is a crime."
- Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News
“Bomb It follows graffiti artists all over the world, most poignantly
in the garbage-strewn shanty towns of Sao Paulo and Cape Town. In developed nations, graffiti is treated
as desecration or extravagance, but in bleak corners of the earth, wall art is a true political statement.”
- Jessica Grose, The Village Voice
Director: Jon Reiss Producer: Jon Reiss, Kate Christensen Editor: Alex Márquez, Jessica Hernández Music Supervisor: David Garcia Cast: Taki 183, Cornbread, Stay High 149, T-Kid, Cope 2, Zephyr, Os Gemeos, Revok, Mear
One Run Time:93 minutes www.bombit-themovie.com
