Hollywood, CA-- Everything that you’ve ever wanted
to know about Urban Hieroglyphics AKA the Graffiti Art Movement, is contained
in what Indie Executive-Producer Bob Bryan calls the "most highly
anticipated Video to DVD collection release" of the Graffiti
Verite' Documentary Video Series.
The successful National Educational Media
Network"Gold Apple," and
CINE "Golden Eagle" Award-Winning
Series, produced by Bryan World Productions, LLC. is NOW
AVAILABLE for Worldwide
DVD product distribution and Foreign Language Videograms. Bryan
is geared up for a huge 2005 marketing push and sell through bonanza.
The multi-award winning Five (5)DVD
series, directed by filmmaker Bob Bryan has single-handedly
become the most innovative and successful series in the market that
explores the eclectic psyches, art and ideologies that spawned the underground
world of hip-hop and the Urban
Graffiti Art Movement. GV
is an ideal acquisition to reach the Young Adult, Hip-hop, Graffiti Artist,
Art Educator / Student and Teen demographic. As a testament to it‘s crossover
appeal, parents even love it !!
"Required viewing for all citizens of Big
Cities that don’t understand the significance and impact of Graffiti." -Rap Pages Magazine
"A must-see Video to understand what is happening
to the inner world of today's Urban Children." -Wisconsin Bookwatch
"If you regard Graffiti as defacement of property
- something that Gentrification should eraase - you must see this video!" -Eye Magazine, Underground News
Graffiti Verite' has
been broadcast on many local PBS stations across the country and has won
countless National Film & Video
awards and been widely reviewed by National and Underground writers.
"This well-produced examination of an underground
art form, explained by the
artists who created it will add a new dimension to art classes and
to library video collections. We recommend its use in High Schools and
College Art Classes." --School Library Journal
This widely acclaimed, one-of-a-kind series is
highly regarded by educators, art students, graffiti
artists and librarians throughout the United
States and is viewed as the preeminent series on the subject and is considered
"Appropriate and useful classroom material..." The Committee for the Los Angeles County Office
of Education
In an innovative bold stroke filmmaker Bob
Bryan created GV4:
The Basic Techniques for Creating Graffiti Art on Walls and Canvas
a how-to video that actually teaches novices and beginners how to create
and master the Graffiti Art Techniques so that they can create their own
artistic expression.
"The fourth (4th) entry in theGraffiti
Verite' Seriescovers the basics of becoming a graffiti artist,
with instruction by graffiti artist SANO in the techniques
of sketching, outlining and fading, highlighting and shadowing, "can control,"
3D effects, and more. Declaring his absolute love of the genre,SANOsketches ideas on a pad while sitting in the sun, and talks
about translating his vision onto the wall." -Video Librarian Review (Video
Review Magazine for Libraries)
For more information on the International Licensing
of the GV Series contact Bob Bryan 323 / 856-9256
or
email: bryworld@aol USA Standard DVD (Region 1) is now available
for Distribution and Sale
DVD Collector's Edition with Special Bonus
Features:
A suggested list price of $19.95
for Regular Retail Customers (no PPR)
Public Performance Rights (PPR) -$34.50
(Schools, Libraries & Educational purposes)
Shipping and handling
DVD Amaray Case
Interactive Chapter Menus
30 Scene Chapter Selections
60 Individual Still Snapshot Enlargements of Classic
Graffiti Art / Images per DVD
According to Bryan, "never before in history has
there been such an art movement that has impacted so many people on a worldwide
basis. Graffiti Art is both loved and hated and it's freely given away
to the anonymous public. The walls are visually screaming loudly and we’re
ignoring its historical and emotional significance. If your child were
yelling at the top of their lungs in the next room, could you ignore their
agonizing screams? I don't think so...."
Bryan believes that as a culture we cannot afford
to be so blind, not to "read the writing on the wall." The canvas
walls of our city streets are being used pretty much like newspapers uses
paper to tell the story of the people's daily struggle and search for identity.
Of course, this controversial public art dialogue is articulated with allot
more flava, attitude, passion and conviction. We study hieroglyphics, petroglyphs
and cave writings to try to understand its connection to it's culture,
but somehow we choose to disregard the messages being blasted loudly and
in 3D on today's graffiti filled walls. It doesn't make sense.
MORE GV REVIEWS
"The strength of your Documentary 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
art form." The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
CA
"The minority artists are so well represented
and come across with such integrity, intelligence, and cultural and artistic
knowledge. This will do a great deal to help dispel the usually wrong impression
that Graffiti Artists are anti-intellectual and unaware of anything other
than their own wish to express themselves..." Andrew Connors, National Museum, Smithsonian
Institution
"Close-up and personal! This newly released
and beautifully produced Documentary uncovers the underground Los Angeles
Graffiti Art Movement and explores it's relation to contemporary Hip-Hop
Culture." -Public Art Review
"The colorful, neon-like murals seen here
(far removed from the ugly gang territory markings) are, rather, the brash
Picasso's of Hip-hop culture." -Booklist Review
"Viewers may be surprised to learn that not
only is this a legitimate art form, but there are contests (the narrator
is the two-time winner of The International Graffiti Art Competition
and applies his paint to legal graffiti walls and a variety of techniques
and procedures used to produce top quality aerosol art...." -School Library Journal
"Graffiti Verite' is both interesting and
enlightening. I understand your enthusiasm and dedication to this project
and wish you the best of success." -Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dreamworks, SKG, Executive Producer: Shrek 2, Chicken Run, The
Road to El Dorado, The Prince of Egypt.
"Their work comes across as a complex, powerful
undertaking with loads of Artistic Credibility. The Artists discuss working
in a realm of self-expression and social commentary and how they engage
in a 'game of survival' on Urban Streets fraught with physical danger." -Mill Valley Film Festival
"I kept being reminded of the works of Keith
Haring and Salvador Dali. I guess in some ways all art begin as rebellion!
The M.B.C. would be honored to add the program (Graffiti Verite') to our
extensive collection of award-winning documentaries." -The Museum of Broadcast Communications
"Director Bob Bryan is extremely successful
at depicting Graffiti
art as an unsung and unrecognized source of some of the most original
and culturally rich artwork of the 20th Century. It likens Graffiti to
the impressionists of the early 1900's. Similar to Graf work, impressionist
works were not accepted into the mainstream until long after they were
created. Viewing this film makes me see the talent that is going unnoticed
in the art-world." -Hip-Hop Now
"The range of Los Angeles Artists and styles
included in the video is mind-boggling...Bryan captures the tense energy
of the writers by not allowing the viewer space to reflect on or time to
absorb all the information he packs into this video ! " -Public Art Review
"The GV of the title stands for Graffiti Verité,
Bob Bryan’s eye-popping endeavor to document the world of aerosol art.
On his website, GraffitiVerité.com,
Bryan quotes from Bertolt Brecht: "Art is not a mirror held up to
reality, but a hammer with which to shape it."
Through Bryan’s GV
series of instructional videotapes, the outsider can glimpse
a part of this shaping which is commonly dismissed and (in some cases erroneously)
regarded as Vandalism. Bryan’s subject in GV4
is the spray can artist SANO, who points out that the concrete he
works on here is indeed legal. The Graffiti Pit
walls in Venice, California, are approximately sixty feet long by six
feet high, and are open for community expression..." THE E-FANZINE OF DIVERSE FILM ESOTERICA
"We are already well-positioned within Schools
and Libraries and with many quality high profile stores across the US.
Having accomplished those goals with the VHS market we now have our sights
set on another level of worldwide commercial market penetration. We're
eager to take full advantage of the mammoth worldwide Hip-hop and the Graffiti
Art Phenomenon. The timing right now is perfect for us!"
Bob is currently in simutaneous pre-production
with GV6, GV7 and
GV8. Production
to begin Spring / Summer '05.
The
GRAFFITI VERITE' DOCUMENTARIES SeriesVolumes 1 - 7
are NOW AVAILABLE
for immediate NETFLIX
ONLINE RENTAL (Worldwide rental distribution - DVD's delivered
directly to your home)
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The
GRAFFITI VERITE' DOCUMENTARIES SeriesVolumes 1 - 7
are NOW AVAILABLE
for immediate NETFLIX
ONLINE RENTAL (Worldwide rental distribution - DVD's delivered
directly to your home)
