Summary

Documentary on gangs & graffiti 01:00:19:00 young black boys stand on inner city street corner in WS, fast zoom to 3 young boys walking behind a chain link face, WS empty playground, WS windows of apartment building, WS smoke filled city street during day, CU changing traffic signal and smoke, talking head- young boy in leather jacket, MS hooded man walks onto subway platform and smokes a cigarette, CU of No Entry sign, MS man turns around and begins rapping terribly, CU rapping to camera, Various still photos of people in city and people break dancing, CU super grainy talking head, low > WS of apartment building, CU grainy talking head, WS top of apartment building in silhouette, CU man talks wearing thick metal chain around his neck, various stills of Graffiti murals, CU spray paint caps, CU Mona Lisa, CU various paintings and artwork, MS man raps to camera in front of graffiti wall, various CU of graffiti, WS graffiti reads Urban Blight, Man talks on basketball court, WS from interior of graffiti building to outside as person walks in BG, WS interior of building boy paints on wall, Man talks again and walks off camera, CU OVS of boy spray painting wall, MS spray painting, WS spray painting, 01:05:43:00 Man and woman argue on Basketball court about graffiti in MS, CU boy turns to wall, MS mural reads crime, 2 men sit one records what the other is saying, pan along large mural, Man and woman argue, Man shows woman the finer points in graffiti artistry, MS young 7 year old boys spray graffiti on wall, graffiti man greets some friends, MS boy sprays mural, 01:10:37:00 CU hand writing tag on pipe, MS graffiti artist sprays, Pan along city skyline, MS of man talking on building roof, CU snapshot of boy standing loaded with weapons, CU boy wearing chain leaning in doorway, pan along tags on wall, Various shots of walls inside abandoned building, 01:15:00:00 CU boy stands by painting of man with gun, talking head- man flips open switchblade knife, MS boy reaches down and opens box full of spray paint, Father and son talk in front of camera, pan along CU of course descriptions and report cards, CU boys face as he talks, various CU of mural people holding guns and weapons, CU man talking, zoom out from tag that reads Mafia, MS man spray painting wall, ECU of paint can nozzle spraying, 01:19:50:00 MS graffiti artist painting a face, grainy CU of man talking slashes out with a switchblade, CU gun in box, various stills: boy sprays the side of a train, boy walks on top of train, various shots of inner-city- falling apart and seedy, WS toppled building w/ pan up, 01:25:01:00 young boys play dice (cello) on a street corner, CU dice rolling on pavement, MS boys spray paint walls, CU grainy talking head, 01:28:21:00 end.