Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 70 min
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- new york city
- hip-hop
- graffiti
- subculture
- new york subway
- youth culture
- subway train
- breakdancing
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Eric Haze — Self
- Ed Koch — Self
- Rammellzee — Self
- Irene Cara — Self
- Gene Anthony Ray — Self
- Skeme — Self
- Lady Pink — Self
- Duster — Self
- Shy 147 — Self
- Mare 139 — Self
- Min 1 — Self
- Directed
- Tony Silver
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 62 ratings
- Studio
- Public Art Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.













