One L.A. resident, Joe Connolly, is also taking his free expression to the streets: armed with buckets of paint, ladders, rope, and other anti-graffiti paraphernalia, Connolly is waging a one-man war in one 24-mile radius in the city of angels. A fair man, Connolly plays no favorites: "everybody gets treated the same, and that's with oblivion." Almost comically hyperkinetic ("I'm almost an obsessive type personality"), the crusader has nothing to say about "graffiti art;" he's after the "gangbangers" who tag every inch of public property that a weary and indifferent neighborhood will allow. Having quit his job as an Oriental carpet salesman, Connolly now runs a non-profit organization exclusively devoted to cleaning up graffiti. In addition to offering viewers an entertaining portrait of a man with a mission, the program also provides suggestions for citizens to take back their neighborhoods. An inspirational tale/how-to that belongs in larger civic collections. Aud: P. (R. Pitman)
Off the Wall: How to Win the Fight Against Graffiti
(1995) 26 min. $195. Direct Cinema. PPR. Color cover. ISBN: 1-55974-586-X. Vol. 11, Issue 3
Off the Wall: How to Win the Fight Against Graffiti
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