ROADSWORTH - TRAILER

http://www.nfb.ca/roadsworth

'A documentary film about a stencil artist's clandestine campaign to make his mark on the streets'

Roadsworth: Crossing the Line details a Montreal stencil artists clandestine campaign to make his mark on the city streets.

Hailed as an "artist's artist" by Wooster Collective, Roadsworth began to play with the language of the streets, overlaying city asphalt markings with his own images: a crosswalk becames a giant boot print, vines choked up traffic dividers, and electrical plugs filled parking spots. Each piece begged the question, Who owns public space?

As he is prosecuted at home and celebrated abroad, Roadsworth struggles to defend his work, define himself as an artist and address difficult questions about art and freedom of expression.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Roadsworth
• Montreal
• stencil
• clandestine campaign
• street art
• public space
• freedom of expression

[plotagainstjohn]

where can i can a copy of the whole film?

[easterheart]

awesome film

[qone1200]

@3w0lf LOL hahaha so well said

[3w0lf]

this trailer makes him sound like a whiny bitch

[LullabyLooming]

Montreal LOVES and SUPPORTS ROADSWORTH!!!!! keep it up!!! keep our streets colourful!!xo

[captainbignuts]

City should vote on whether to give him a grant that is retroactive. Keep it illegal without a grant. You don't want every idiot with a spray can and 2 cents talent making the city ugly. In this paticular case it's clear that this man's street art is something special and shouldn't be destroyed.

[surfcottage]

Art versus the controlled chaos of advertising?... ah let me think....

[mondelx]

I love his work and beleave it is good while on the other side what hapens if other people start dioung thid and it is bad? Bring it up with city counsol. have the people of the city vote.

Good luck it is awesome and provokes great thought.

[timidgothica]

absolutely fantastic! I've thought about doing this sort of thing for years, but recently got really into it.

[BeatBuddy]

Brilliant, simply brilliant.