Graffiti Doc Premières March 24

Graffiti Doc Premières March 24

“I just got this idea for a Graffiti Gallery,” declares Stephen Wilson, Executive Director of Graffiti Art Programming, as he made the humble shift from working as a prison guard to working on crime prevention through art. The documentary Graffiti Stories, hosted by Winnipeg Rapper/ Radio Host Ismaila Alfa, shows the impact and spread of this idea while following some urban “at-risk” youth from various cultural backgrounds as they find legitimacy in their art, whether its graphics, rapping, or dancing. Highlighting Winnipeg’s Graffiti Art Gallery and Studio 393 that take a unique angle of teaching through the four elements of Hip-Hop. While addressing the Art vs vandalism themes, this documentary sets out to be a beacon of hope for those who are immersed in or are aspiring for the urban arts.

Winnipeg Art Gallery [WAG] presents the premiere of Graffiti Stories March 24, 2014 at 7PM. The film, greenlit into production in the Fall of 2013, will subsequently air exclusively on MTS TV Stories From Home. Under the Prairie Boy Productions banner, the film is aptly directed by Winnipeg’s Jorge Requena and produced by Orlando Braun.