Film

Watching My Name Go By

1976 · 25m · Documentary · TV Movie

Watching My Name Go By is a 1976 BBC documentary on the birth of graffiti in New York City, and the fight to both prevent it, and expand it's artistic value. In 'Watching my name go by' kids in New York have a unique kind of occupation - sitting on the subway stations ' watching my name go by'. Eleven to 17-year olds compete to see how many times they can 'get their names up ' in a colorful way - a kind of graffiti cult game which has its own rules and regulations. It's illegal and dangerous-some New Yorkers think it's a kind of ' art others think it's disgusting.

• Julia CaveDirector

Watching My Name Go By (1976). Graffiti Days! (NYC) New York City Graffiti

Release date

January 23, 1976

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

25m

Genres

Documentary, TV Movie

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