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The highly respected multi award-winning documentary film GRAFFITI VERITE examines graffiti art from the perspective of those who create and appreciate it. The film follows twenty four (24) different artists from Los Angeles as they demonstrate their graffiti technique and discuss the roots, influences and the meaning of graffiti art.

Bob Bryan's award-winning documentary reveals the underground world of the urban art form. Candid interviews and open discussions with the artists provide insight into the link between graffiti, ritualistic hieroglyphics and cave paintings, as well as how graffiti functions as a form of street propaganda and public art gallery. GRAFFITI VERITE discusses the spraypaint medium as a serious form of public art that is connected to the larger history of cultural expression.

"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

"THE COLORFUL, NEON-LIKE MURALS SEEN HERE (FAR REMOVED FROM UGLY GANG TERRITORY MARKINGS) ARE, RATHER, THE BRASH PICASSO'S OF HIP-HOP CULTURE." Booklist Review

"APPROPRIATE AND USEFUL CLASSROOM MATERIAL..."Committee for The Los Angeles County Office of Education

"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 DAYS OF THE 1940'S, EXPLAINING THE EVOLUTION OF LETTERING STYLES AND THE EXPANSION OF TAGGING INTO WHAT THEY CALL 'PIECING'."Los Angeles Times

"A MIND EXPANDING EXPERIENCE IN PEOPLE'S - AS OPPOSED TO COMMERCIAL CULTURE."MSRRT Newsletter

"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..."Bolton Colburn, Senior Curator , Orange County Museum