{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Between the Lines - Toronto’s War on Street Art","height":720,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/between-the-lines-toronto-war-street-art/toronto-street-art-war.jpg","width":1200},"credit":"","date":"2012-07-27T14:09:35Z","description":"Between the Lines documents Toronto’s war on street art and features some of the local urban art protagonists. This is the first trailer!","html":"\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a city declares war on graffiti? That’s one of the questions, the documentary \u003cem\u003eBetween the Lines\u003c/em\u003e, a film about a group of Toronto street artists who find new meaning in their work as they defend it against Mayor Rob Ford’s War on Graffiti, is going to answer!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs mentioned by \u003ca href=\"http://www.thegridto.com/culture/film/a-glimpse-between-the-lines/\"\u003ethegridto.com\u003c/a\u003e, Toronto’s Mayor Ford is making sure that everyone knows that he hates graffiti and street art since he took office in late 2010: \u003cem\u003eHe’s since gone so far as to slap on the coveralls himself to power-blast it from the walls of the city and herald a new mobile app that lets Torontonians report what they deem to be unsightly scribbles and murals themselves.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to that, James Gen Meers and Kelli Kieley had good reasons when they started to film their Toronto street art documentary over a year ago. A few weeks ago, they finally unveiled the first official trailer for \u003cem\u003eBetween the Lines\u003c/em\u003e and are still \u003ca href=\"https://www.hotdocs.ca/docignite/project/between_the_lines\"\u003etrying to raise some cash\u003c/a\u003e for their project.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m looking forward to watch the entire documentary of this war on street art! For more info, check out \u003ca href=\"http://www.betweenthelinesdoc.com/\"\u003ebetweenthelinesdoc.com\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nWhat happens when a city declares war on graffiti? That’s one of the questions, the documentary *Between the Lines*, a film about a group of Toronto street artists who find new meaning in their work as they defend it against Mayor Rob Ford’s War on Graffiti, is going to answer!\n\nAs mentioned by [thegridto.com](http://www.thegridto.com/culture/film/a-glimpse-between-the-lines/), Toronto’s Mayor Ford is making sure that everyone knows that he hates graffiti and street art since he took office in late 2010: *He’s since gone so far as to slap on the coveralls himself to power-blast it from the walls of the city and herald a new mobile app that lets Torontonians report what they deem to be unsightly scribbles and murals themselves.*\n\nAccording to that, James Gen Meers and Kelli Kieley had good reasons when they started to film their Toronto street art documentary over a year ago. A few weeks ago, they finally unveiled the first official trailer for *Between the Lines* and are still [trying to raise some cash](https://www.hotdocs.ca/docignite/project/between_the_lines) for their project.\n\nI’m looking forward to watch the entire documentary of this war on street art! For more info, check out [betweenthelinesdoc.com](http://www.betweenthelinesdoc.com/)!\n","tags":["Documentary Film","Urban Planning","Graffiti America","American Street Art"],"title":"Between the Lines - Toronto’s War on Street Art","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/between-the-lines-toronto-war-street-art/"}