Productions
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19 September 1996
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ARD Weltspiegel
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Grafitti Finit in Amsterdam |
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Amsterdam is the most heavist smeared city in Europe. The density of grafitti is even worse than New York and the quality seems to be world famous. The Amsterdam authorities want to ban graffiti from the city and launches the special project 'Graffiti finit'. There is a budget of 2.5 million guilders, griffiti are photographed digitally, databases are set up, sprayers are maped and special cleaning teams clean the city. How to get a city free of graffiti. A reportage on the two sides of the story: Portraits of graffiti-sprayers and of the graffiti police and the cleaners. The impossible fight against "city art"?
Activities: propose subject, research & set up reportage, accompany fiming.