{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{},"credit":"","date":"2009-12-21T15:54:48Z","description":"“Girl Power” is a brand-new documentary movie about women in the graffiti world. The film will be released in 2011, but there is already a nice teaser. Take a look...","html":"\u003cp\u003eYeah, do you know, that there will be a new documentary movie about women in the graffiti world? No? I will tell you some facts about it:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Girl Power” is the name of that new graffiti film, which shows impressions and emotions from around the world. The film crew traveled with 20 graffiti girls to over ten cities, like Berlin, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Budapest, Moscow, and so on.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor some weeks, the first teaser for the documentary movie, which will be released in 2011, is online! It presents some parts of the Berlin trip.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"external-video\" aria-label=\"YouTube video\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVideo / YouTube\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe YouTube player loads only when you choose to load it; YouTube then receives your connection information.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jW8xI7SOEo\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/1jW8xI7SOEo\" data-video-title=\"YouTube video referenced by Girl Power - Graffiti Movie\" hidden\u003eLoad YouTube player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The idea behind the Girl Power project was born in Prague in 2008 during the filming of a short video with female graffiti artists. After its completion and success we thought, why not explore this topic a little deeper. Soon we realized that the central theme would be the subject of women in the world of graffiti.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the film Girl Power its intention to capture the female perspective and its social implications in the context of the graffiti scene. Why do so few girls paint? What are their reasons? It\u0026rsquo;s a very bold and dangerous lifestyle, which tends to be associated with men. Yet there are women who have dedicated their lives, who seek out danger on their own accord and most importantly have a completely distinct approach to graffiti.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst and foremost, they consider it a form of entertainment and so they spice it up with various elements such as clothing, stylization, which is miniskirts, humorous masks, extravagant clothing or they will paint their nails and put a pink wig on. All these aspects give their form of graffiti a new dimension.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt\u0026rsquo;s more fun, varied and most of all, distinct from the male approach.”\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more info, visit theonly.cz.\nVia \u003ca href=\"http://just.blogsport.de/2009/12/20/girl-power/\"\u003ejust.blogsport.de\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nYeah, do you know, that there will be a new documentary movie about women in the graffiti world? No? I will tell you some facts about it:\n\n“Girl Power” is the name of that new graffiti film, which shows impressions and emotions from around the world. The film crew traveled with 20 graffiti girls to over ten cities, like Berlin, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Budapest, Moscow, and so on.\n\nFor some weeks, the first teaser for the documentary movie, which will be released in 2011, is online! It presents some parts of the Berlin trip.\n\n[Video on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jW8xI7SOEo)\n\n\n\u003e “The idea behind the Girl Power project was born in Prague in 2008 during the filming of a short video with female graffiti artists. After its completion and success we thought, why not explore this topic a little deeper. Soon we realized that the central theme would be the subject of women in the world of graffiti.\n\u003e\n\u003e In the film Girl Power its intention to capture the female perspective and its social implications in the context of the graffiti scene. Why do so few girls paint? What are their reasons? It's a very bold and dangerous lifestyle, which tends to be associated with men. Yet there are women who have dedicated their lives, who seek out danger on their own accord and most importantly have a completely distinct approach to graffiti.\n\u003e\n\u003e First and foremost, they consider it a form of entertainment and so they spice it up with various elements such as clothing, stylization, which is miniskirts, humorous masks, extravagant clothing or they will paint their nails and put a pink wig on. All these aspects give their form of graffiti a new dimension.\n\u003e\n\u003e It's more fun, varied and most of all, distinct from the male approach.”\n\nFor more info, visit theonly.cz.\nVia [just.blogsport.de](http://just.blogsport.de/2009/12/20/girl-power/).\n","tags":["Photography","Documentary Film","Berlin"],"title":"Girl Power - Graffiti Movie","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/girl-power-graffiti-movie/"}