Bomb It! Movie

After experiencing one of the "Graffiti As Fine Art" workshops that Multnomah County Libraries are hosting, I've been looking for more materials to share the story of graffiti with Jasper.  We loved this movie!  It starts with Cornbread, the Philadelphia legend who may well be behind the modern urban Graffiti movement.  The movie goes on to tell the story of graffiti on 5 continents, each culture taking the idea and making it their own.  There is plenty of input from law enforcement and community activists who have nothing whatever positive to say about it.  And it's not for sensitive ears- I think it contains more bad words than Jasper had heard in his life.  But the beauty of many of the creations in this film speaks for itself.  The film asks viewers to think about  who controls public space, the space that moneyed interests often fill with billboards.  Graffiti artists share their reasons for the incredible risks many of them take.  As parents and educators, we often hope to cultivate a greater ability to observe, in ourselves and our children.  We want them to pause and marvel at spiderwebs and ladybugs.  But we often completely overlook the urban environment, which can contain some fascinating details for those who notice them.