b0b Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 (edited) Winner of the Sydney Film Festival Documentary Audience Award, Martha: A Picture Story is Australian filmmaker Selina Miles’s illuminating look at a remarkable figure: intrepid American photojournalist Martha Cooper, known for her trailblazing documentation of street art and graffiti culture. With disarming curiosity and a razor-sharp eye, Cooper became a champion of the underground. As a lone female intern at National Geographic, staff photographer at the New York Post in the 1970s and in her freelance work, she captured renegade street art, Japanese tattoos, ancient Mayan culture and American gentrification. The New York Times dubbed her 1984 Subway Art book the ‘graffiti bible’. While Miles follows Cooper, rocketing through Berlin, New York and Baltimore, her adventures come to life with rich archival footage, tales from subjects and peers, and the electrifying photos themselves. This dynamic and exhilarating film uncovers a character as colourful as her extraordinary work. “Eighty of the happiest minutes documentary-lovers are likely to spend in a theater this year.” – The Hollywood Reporter Edited August 8, 2019 by b0b 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimer Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 What a badass, keen to check this out 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europe Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 The full trailer is ready now. The movie comes with my highest recommendations! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Dope. Will def be seeking this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimer Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Pumped. Just won tickets to go see this next week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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