Graffiti Wars (Sheffield Graffiti Documentary) Pt. 3 of 3

A film by Hugo Smith on the culture clash in Sheffield, where the grimebusters of the council's clean-up squad remove the graffiti as fast as the city's spray-can warriors can make their mark with tags and bombs.

Shown on Channel 4 during February 1999.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• graffiti
• graf
• sheffield
• mistone
• mist1

[dannyboyhtfc]

I remember watchin this when it was first shown on Channel 4 back in 99, a powerful film which is still just as powerful today.

"Fuck the law, fuck the government, why should they tell us what to do?"

[j8k300]

you probably havent seen the tags because this doc is about 10 years old. :)

[mojoswoptopz]

Fuck sake, people love to criticise other people's passions with their shitty 'codes'. Just be happy they are being creative and not doing anyone harm.  These graffiti taggers comments have put me off graffiti a bit because they just seem totally hostile to someone preferring to be creative a different way.

[JagoReedJones]

@RequiemHD these guys are some of the most infamous writers the country's had

[thewaxfondler1]

whats the tune that kicks in around `1.48 ... anyone? either public enemy or samples them?

[911beats]

@dannyboyhtfc haha thats what you say now, when someone robs your house, dont whine like a bitch and call the police, you ignorant fuck

[RequiemHD]

this isnt graffiti, this is shit. they're just chavs, with spastic tags.

[dannyboyhtfc]

@HarryYeates I personally do not need the government or anyone else to look after my safety. The same government now charges £9,000 a year for higher education and then throws us in jail if we protest. So fuck em, and fuck you n'all.

[HarryYeates]

@dannyboyhtfc Because they're doing it for your safety.

[narboday1]

@narboday1 Only with the colourful ones

[narboday1]

I think trains look nicer with tags on (:

[plutes31]

@plutes31 oh and Xan don't brag and post your scally assed face on national TV. nonch. thought you was gangsters anyway now? hope your grown up since then...