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Stations of the Elevated

Manfred (Manny) Kirchheimer
1980 United States 45 minutes no words

A study in motion of the graffiti tattooing New York subway trains, set to the jazz of the legendary Charles Mingus. The program approaches graffiti not as vandalism, but as art, taking viewers along the routes of the subway and elevated tracks.

Production :
Streetwise Films
Editing :
Manfred (Manny) Kirchheimer
Sound :
Manfred (Manny) Kirchheimer
Photography :
Manfred (Manny) Kirchheimer

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Model

Frederick Wiseman