“The spark that lit a flame that continues to burn. Style Wars is a crucial point of history.” --Andre Torres, Wax Poetics

"The Holy Grail of hip-hop movies." ––XLR8R

“Hip hop’s Rosetta Stone.” --VIBE

“Remarkable! A movie that, per KRS-One, ‘anybody who wants to understand hip hop needs to see.’ Also anyone who wants to understand New York, and a lot more.” ––Premiere

“The importance of the film is even greater now than when it was released.” ––David Jakubiak, Chicago Sun-Times

“Talk about groundbreaking films: Style Wars, a documentary about graffiti artists, was first broadcast by PBS. A prescient study of taggers, their exuberant art and the roots of hip-hop culture.” ––Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

“A stunning achievement. The mother and son constitute one of the most deeply human encounters I know of on film.” ––Ronald Gottesman, Professor of English, University of Southern California

“Visually the movie is as stunning as the film’s subjects are fascinating. And the accompanying soundtrack is used to amazing effect.” ––Brian Coleman, URB

“A remarkable document of graffiti culture at its apex. After seeing Style Wars, one can’t help but long for a bit of the chaos and creativity of the graffiti years.” ––Martin Edlund, New York Sun

“Groundbreaking and nearly perfect, a heady slice of Americana. It’s the kids themselves who speak most eloquently to their work.” ––Mark Savlov, Austin Chronicle

5 Stars -- Highest Rating! The best hip hop culture study ever made.” --Stuart Derdeyn, Vancouver Province.

“The spark that lit a flame that continues to burn. Style Wars is a crucial point of history.” --Andre Torres, Wax Poetics

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