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| Directed by | Jon Reiss |
| Produced by | Tracy Wares Jon Reiss Jeffrey Levy-Hinte Kate Christensen |
| Cinematography | Tracy Wares |
| Edited by | Alex Marquez Jessica Hernandez |
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| Distributed by | Gravitas Ventures |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Bomb It is an international graffiti and street art documentary directed by Jon Reiss[1] that premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Filmed on five continents, featuring cities such as New York, Cape Town, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Berlin and São Paulo, Bomb It explores the interplay between worldwide graffiti movements, the global proliferation of "Quality of Life" laws, and the fight for control over public space.
International graffiti artists collaborated with Reiss to create the film which features original footage from many graffiti artists beginning with the first modern graffiti artist Cornbread, to those who saw the take off of the art, TAKI 183 to more contemporary artists Shepard Fairey and Os Gemeos.[2]
In addition to TAKI 183, the film features Tracy 168, Terrible T-Kid 170, Cope2, Stay High 149, KRS-One, Revs, 2esae, Zephyr, Cornbread, DAIM, Blek le Rat, Shuck2, Ash, Skuf, Revok, Ron English, Chaz Bojorquez, Lady Pink, Mear One, Urban Theorists Stefano Bloch (UCLA Dept. of Urban Planning and University of Arizona) and Susan A. Phillips (Pitzer College), actor and filmmaker Russ Kingston,[3] Pez, Sixe, Falko, Faith47, Zezão, Ise, Kenor & Kode, Scage, Mickey, Chino, and Ket.
George L. Kelling, co-author of Broken Windows, an Atlantic Monthly article[4] that formed the basis for Rudy Giuliani's widely imitated gentrification campaign, was interviewed for this film.[5]
- ^ Montero, Patrick (April 23, 2008). "'Bomb It' looks at all sides of graffiti issue". New York Daily News.
- ^ Guerrasio, Jason (March 12, 2007). "Tribeca Announces Competition and Spotlight Selections". Filmmaker.
- ^ "Jon Reiss Interview in culturenow.com". Bombit-themovie.com. June 24, 2008.
- ^ Kelling, George L.; Wilson, James Q. "Broken Windows: The police and neighborhood safety". The Atlantic (March 1982).
- ^ "Entertainment News, Headlines and Video - CBS News". Showbuzz.cbsnews.com. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-07-19.[dead link]