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Release the "Piece of Mind" graffiti documentary

Release the "Piece of Mind" graffiti documentary

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Started by Ryan Cassidy 7 years ago

The feature length documentary that chronicles 2 years in the life of 4 Los Angeles based graffiti writers. Filmed on 16mm, Super 8mm, and several video formats, Evan Romoff and Keegan Gibbs have truly captured the essence of what its like to be a young graffiti artists trying to make a name. The gritty footage ranges from street sign tags to rooftop billboards, giving the audience a peek into the world of graffiti that has never been seen before by an outside culture.

This amazing film was only seen by a few lucky people. It premiered at a film fest and had several viewings in the greater Los Angeles area only to be swept into a distribution deal that for one reason or another was never fulfilled and released properly. We are here to ask for it to finally be released.

This is a piece of graffiti history. Like Style Wars(New york), Piece by Piece (San Francisco) and Exit through the gift shop (street art vs graffiti) this film belongs in the public eye. There is so much to learn and study from this film and the years it documented.

Without a doubt 2008-2011 were huge years for the LA graffiti scene. So many prolific writers inspiring, leaving their mark and gracing the scene because of its growing prominence.

With the blessing of both directors, I am here to ask you to sign this petition so we can urge the distribution company to finally release this incredible piece of our history. If we can drum up enough momentum then we can show them we all want this.

I know its not just LA writers who will benefit or even want to see this. Augor alone touched the lives of so many writers with his innovative style and finesse for the movement. I don't know who I would be without the memories of watching the SF doc, piece by piece, hundreds of times with my brother. I want new writers to have that same opportunity.

So give us all the "Piece of Mind" and sign up! share it! spread it! lets get this film released for all of us! Writers everywhere need to see this.

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August 20, 2019

I spent the last few hours digging through my old hard drives looking for some of the original production notes and honestly it just reminds me how much this footage really needs to be out there for people to see. The distributor hasn't sent anything back yet which is frustrating but I guess I expected that since they have been ghosting me for months.

August 20, 2019

I honestly cannot believe how many people remember this footage or just want to see it enough to click a button because the momentum is building so fast it makes my head spin. It feels like we are finally pulling this out of the dusty limbo where it sat for years and that is just wild to think about while I sit here drinking cold coffee and staring at my screen.

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John Fincher
7 years ago Featured

Remember seeing the trailer for this almost a decade ago and was bummed I couldn’t make it to the Newport Beach screening. Happy to see a small bit of action taken to get it out to the public.

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Rick Velasquez
7 years ago Featured

Good luck fellas ! I can’t wait to see this on the big screen worldwide!! Let’s put LA on that Graff Map!

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Evan Antoine
5 years ago Featured

Realease it!!!! we've been waiting around 12-13 years for this historical documentary... don't let it get lost in history

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Sarah Cho
6 years ago Featured

Been trying to track this down for years!! Plz release it already.

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Mike Vargas
6 years ago Featured

LA graffiti from that era is legendary. Really hope this finally drops so the younger heads can see how it was done back then.

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Thomas Cassidy
7 years ago Featured

Been waiting over 10 years to see this film. Please release it and preserve a piece of graffiti history.

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Steve Grody
3 months ago

This worthy documentary should be available for people's discussion of the controversies surrounding graffiti.

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josh whatley
4 years ago

Iv been wanting to see this film for a very long time.

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