Escape Artists - Street Youth/Street Culture (Part 3 of 4)

Part 3 of an 18-minute documentary made in 1998 in Toronto exploring creative urban cultures in the context of homelessness and risk. Documents an outdoor art festival called Planet Struck, that was produced by with and for at risk youth in Toronto, and everybody else. It was held outside beneath the Bathurst St. viaduct near Lakeshore in Toronto. This powerful video features Toronto's very best breakdancing, MCing and graffiti circa 1998, as well as powerful street theatre by Cobblestone Youth Theatre, songs, rants and much more.

• Produced by the Planet Struck Youth Collective:

- Ha
- Raymond
- Maria
- Larry
- Voltisse (RIP)
- Tanya
- Jason
- Anna
- Max
- Katie
- Janice
- Denis

• Directed by John Sobol
• Edited by David Findlay and John Sobol
• Video facilitation by David Findlay
• Supported by Suzanne Thompson and by Turning Point Youth Services
• Planet Struck Festival (August 22-23, 1998) was produced by John Sobol and Dave Redfern of Mushroom Entreprises

PART 3 highlights Toronto's graffiti scene, including an interview with Duro3 and shots of many of the kings of 416 in action.

Deep thanks to Zoe Hamilton, Carly Stasko, Duro3, Motion and everyone else who was interviewed or featured in this video. It was a great weekend. I hope you like the video. Please identify yourselves in the comments so I know to credit you properly...

This documentary was produced with the support of:

• Mushroom Entreprises
• Turning Point Youth Services
• The Laidlaw Foundation Youth Video Initiativ
• Andrew Bee and Trinity Square Video
• The Canada Council for the Arts

Grooves by Moonstarr and Aretz

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• street;
• culture;
• art;
• street
• kid;
• youth;
• homeless;
• urban;
• graffiti;
• hiphop;
• toronto;
• planet
• struck;
• johnsobol

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The good old days

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