"THIS WELL-PRODUCED EXAMINATION OF AN UNDERGROUND ART-FORM, EXPLAINED BY THE ARTISTS WHO CREATED IT, WILL ADD A NEW DIMENSION TO ART CLASSES AND TO LIBRARY VIDEO COLLECTIONS. WE RECOMMEND ITS USE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ART CLASSES..."

- School Library Journal

"WE ENDORSE GRAFFITI VERITE' TO REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN ALL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS. AN AMERICAN FILM ABOUT A GREAT AMERICAN ART FORM !"

-1996 Council of Non-Theatrical Events (CINE)

"APPROPRIATE AND USEFUL CLASSROOM MATERIAL..."

-Committee for The Los Angeles County Office of Education"

"THE RANGE OF LOS ANGELES ARTISTS AND STYLES INCLUDED IN THE VIDEO IS MIND-BOGGLING...BRYAN CAPTURES THE TENSE ENERGY OF THE WRITERS BY NOT ALLOWING THE VIEWER SPACE TO REFLECT ON AND TIME TO ABSORB ALL THE INFORMATION HE PACKS INTO THIS VIDEO !" -Public Art Review

"MORE SOCIALLY AND POLITICALLY RELEVANT THAN EXPECTED, THIS SUBCULTURAL ART FORM SEEKS TO AGGRESSIVELY ENSURE WE "WAKE-UP AND SMELL THE AEROSOL." -Pulse! Magazine, Tower Records/Video

"THERE IS A GREAT ENERGY IN THIS VIDEO! ...OFTENTIMES THE FILM IS EXTREMELY MOVING, PROVOCATIVE AND ALLOWS THE AUDIENCE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS ART FORM..."

- Umbrella Magazine

"THE DOCUMENTARY'S NARRATION IS DONE BY THE SPRAY-PAINTER'S THEMSELVES...THEY TRACE THE HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES GRAFFITI TO THE PRE-AEROSOL DAYS OF THE 1940'S, EXPLAINING THE EVOLUTION OF LETTERING STYLES AND THE EXPANSION OF TAGGING INTO WHAT THEY CALL "PIECING." -Los Angeles Times

"IT IS A PERSONAL REBELLION TO REPRESENT THE TRUTH VIA THE ONLY UNCENSORED TEXTBOOK OF SOCIETY - THE WALLS."

- Relic, Graffiti Artist

"THE COLORFUL, NEON-LIKE MURALS SEEN HERE (FAR REMOVED FROM UGLY GANG TERRITORY MARKINGS) ARE, RATHER, THE BRASH PICASSO'S OF HIP-HOP CULTURE." -Booklist Review

"A MUST SEE VIDEO TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE INNER WORLD OF TODAY'S URBAN CHILDREN"

- Wisconsin Bookwatch

"A MIND EXPANDING EXPERIENCE IN PEOPLE'S - AS OPPOSED TO COMMERCIAL CULTURE." - MSRRT Newsletter

"...GRAFFITI VERITE' IS GRITTY AND DOES NOT GLAMORIZE GRAFFITI..."

-Bolton Colburn, Senior Curator, Orange County Museum

"REQUIRED VIEWING FOR ALL CITIZENS OF BIG CITIES THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF GRAFFITI..."

- Rap Pages Magazine

"...THE MINORITY ARTISTS ARE SO WELL REPRESENTED AND COME ACROSS WITH SUCH INTEGRITY, INTELLIGENCE AND CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE. THIS WILL DO A GREAT DEAL TO HELP DISPEL THE (USUALLY) WRONG IMPRESSION THAT GRAFFITI ARTISTS ARE ANTI-INTELLECTUAL AND UNAWARE OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN THEIR OWN WISH TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES..."

- National Museum, Smithsonian Institution

"A REVEALING LOOK AT THE UNDERGROUND WORLD OF GRAFFITI ART."

- KCET News

"... INTERVIEWS WITH GRAFFITI ARTISTS WHO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN "TAGGING" AND "PIECING;" WHO REPORT OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS SUCH AS DODGING THE POLICE, GANG MEMBERS AND ANTI-GRAFFITI VIGILANTES."

-National Campaign for Freedom of Expression."

"BOB BRYAN HAS PRODUCED A GRAFFITI DOCUMENTATION, WELL WORTH SEEING! GRAFFITI VERITE' FEATURES MANY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S REAL GRAFFITI ARTISTS. - Possessed Animation

"...REAL EXPRESSIONS OF INDIVIDUALITY BY REALLY GOOD ARTISTS, CREATING SOME BEAUTIFUL AND FASCINATING STUFF."

- Psychoholics Unanimous

"CLOSE-UP AND PERSONAL!... THIS NEWLY RELEASED AND BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED DOCUMENTARY UNCOVERS THE UNDERGROUND LOS ANGELES GRAFFITI MOVEMENT AND EXPLORES ITS RELATION TO CONTEMPORARY HIP HOP CULTURE." - Public Art Review

"THIS DOCUMENTARY HELPS DISPEL THE PREJUDICES AGAINST GRAFFITI ART AND DRAWS THE VIEWER INTO THE WORLD OF HIP HOP THROUGH STUNNING VISUAL IMAGERY." - Airbrush Action

"24 L.A. GRAFFITI ARTISTS WHOSE ARTISTIC TOOL OF CHOICE IS THE SPRAYCAN AND WHOSE GALLERY IS THE STREETS."

- UHF Magazine

"GRAFFITI VERITE' IS A GREAT PRIMER FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST DON'T GET IT...!" -Velocity N.Y.C

"...THE STRENGTH OF YOUR VIDEOTAPE IS THAT YOU FOCUS ON THE COMMENTARY OF THE ARTISTS...TO UNDERSTAND THEIR THINKING AND WHAT MOTIVATES THEM IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO AN APPRECIATION OF THIS ART FORM."

- The Museum of Contemporary Art"

"INTELLIGENT AND IN-DEPTH. IT'S 45 MINUTES OF ART, FROM GAL-LERY SHOWS TO THE STUFF ON THE STREETS. GRAFFITI VERITE' IS SURE TO OPEN YOUR EYES."

- Juxtapoz Magazine

"KEEPING THE CULTURE ALIVE..." - The Source

"FROM AN ARTIST VIEW IT TAKES US THROUGH THE HISTORY AND TOUCHES UPON THE DIFFERENCES OF ARTWORK BETWEEN THE TWO COASTS." - The Industry Hip Hop Magazine

"...A BIG THUMBS UP TO BOB BRYAN FOR DOCUMENTING THE ART FORM IN A VERY WELL PRODUCED WAY AND PRESERVING PART OF THE CULTURE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS." - UPS Newsletter

"GRAFFITI VERITE' LIVES UP TO ALL IT'S REVIEWS AND THEN SOME...!" -Catch 22 Phanzine

"...YOU GET ALLOT OF PERSONAL INSIGHT FROM MANY OF THE ARTISTS WHOSE WORK GRACE THE WALLS OF LOS ANGELES, PASADENA AND SURROUNDING AREAS." -Underground Zine Scene

"...GRAFFITI VERITE' ARTICULATELY EXPLAINS THAT DESPITE THE NAYSAYING OF THE TRULY UNCULTURED MIDDLE CLASS, HIP HOP IS A FUNCTIONING SUBCULTURE..." - Angry Thoreauan

"...WHILE THE ARTISTS MAY BE PAINTED AS MENACES TO SOCIETY BY SOME...THE BRILLIANT VISUALS AND NEARLY UNLIMITED CREATIVITY OF THESE ARTISTS SPEAK OTHERWISE."

- 4080 Magazine

"ONE OF THE NEWEST AND BEST GRAF VIDEOS OUT THERE."

- 594 Graffiti Magazine

"THE BOMB! IT HAS LIVE PIECIN', IT HAS OLD SCHOOL PIECES FROM THE 80'S. IT REALLY BREAKS DOWN WHAT GRAFFITI ON THE WEST COAST IS ALL ABOUT..." - Nite Crawlers Magazine

"...IT ISN'T VANDALISM...IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CRIME."

- True Magazine, London England

"...NOTABLE FOR IT'S ULTRA-CRISP PRODUCTION VALUES, THE HIGH QUALITY OF ART AND COMMENTARY..."

- Rock & Rap Confidential

"...INTRODUCES US TO THE NEW GENERATION WHO CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS ART FORM ALIVE..." - Ground Level Magazine

"GRAFFITI VERITE' DOES FOR L.A. WHAT STYLE WARS DID FOR NEW YORK..." - Art Crimes (Internet)

"GRAFFITI VERITE' IS A VISUALLY HYPNOTIC RIDE..."

- Remote Jockey Digest

"...A MUST FOR BEGINNERS AS WELL AS ESTABLISHED GRAF ARTISTS." - The Bomb Hip Hop Magazine

"...I KEPT BEING REMINDED OF THE WORKS OF KEITH HARING AND SALVADOR DALI. I GUESS IN SOME WAYS ALL ART BEGINS AS REBELLION! THE M.B.C. WOULD BE HONORED TO ADD THE PROGRAM {GRAFFITI VERITE'} TO OUR EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARIES." - The Museum of Broadcast Communications

"...A SOLIDLY HONEST VIEW OF THE URBAN GRAFFITI ARTIST WHICH IS BOTH COMPELLING AND INFORMATIVE..."

- Groping For Luna 'Zine

"I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS VIDEO TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN GRAFFITI, ART, POLITICS OR INTO UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT CULTURES. YOU WILL NEVER LOOK AT ANY GRAFFITI THE SAME WAY AGAIN."

- Mutant Renegade Zine

"...THE WORK SHOWN IN THE VIDEO IS VERY IMPRESSIVE, EVEN MORE SO WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THE PRIMARY TOOL HERE IS A CAN OF SPRAY PAINT." - Video Librarian Review

"...GRAFFITI VERITE' GOES UNDERGROUND TO THE ALLEYS, STREETS, WALLS AND GALLERIES OF LA TO DOCUMENT THE STORIES OF 24 GRAFFITI ARTISTS WORK, PASSION AND IDEAS..."

- Plunge Magazine

"GRAFFITI VERITE' DIGS INTO THE REAL ROOTS OF LA GRAF, WHICH ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM THOSE THAT SPARKED THE NYC GRAF SCENE IN THE 70'S." -Writer's Resource Guide

"IF YOU REGARD GRAFFITI AS DEFACEMENT OF PROPERTY-SOMETHING THAT GENTRIFICATION SHOULD ERASE-YOU MUST SEE THIS VIDEO !!"

-Eye Magazine, Underground News

"GRAFFITI VERITE' PORTRAYS "TAGGERS" AS ARTISTS AND DISPELS THE MYTH THAT TAGGERS ARE GANG-BANGERS."

- U-Direct Zine

"DISCUSSIONS OF GRAFFITI ART AS A FORM OF STREET LEVEL PROPAGANDA AND PUBLIC ART GALLERY FOR THE ANONYMOUS PUBLIC..."

-Beat Down Magazine

"GRAFFITI VERITE'S FILMMAKER BOB BRYAN FINDS SOCIAL & POLITICAL VALUE IN LA VANDALISM..." -LA Weekly

"CONVERSATIONS RANGE FROM COMPARATIVE DISCUSSIONS ON GRAFFITI'S ANCESTRAL CONNECTION TO RITUALISTIC HIEROGLYPHICS AND CAVE WRITINGS." -In The Groove

"...A GOOD VIDEO THAT CHALLENGES THE BS MASS MEDIA IMAGE OF GRAF..." -Threat Magazine

"WITH INTERVIEWS OF SOME OF LA'S GREATEST...THEY COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS VIDEO A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THIS CITIES ABILITIES TO GET ILL." -Scribble Magazine

"...EVERY SERIOUS HIP-HEAD MUST CONSIDER ADDING GRAFFITI VERITE' TO HIS COLLECTION OF KNOWLEDGE."

- Downlow Magazine, London ENGLAND

"...YOU'LL SEE LIVE ACTION, FRESH PIECES/SKETCHES AND INTERVIEWS WITH WRITERS SUCH AS: RISK, TEMPT, TOONZ, NERV & MANY MORE...ABSOLUTELY WORTH CHECKING OUT!!"

From Here to..., Oslo NORWAY

"THEIR WORK COMES ACROSS AS A COMPLEX, POWERFUL UNDERTAKING WITH LOADS OF ARTISTIC CREDIBILITY. THE ARTISTS DISCUSS WORKING IN A REALM OF SELF-EXPRESSION AND SOCIAL COMMENTARY-AND HOW THEY ENGAGE IN A "GAME OF SURVIVAL" ON URBAN STREETS FRAUGHT WITH PHYSICAL DANGER." -Mill Valley Film Festival

"THE WORK OF DOCUMENTARY MAKER BOB BRYAN, GRAFFITI VERITE' FOLLOWS THE DIRECTOR/CAMERAMAN ON A SIX MONTH JOURNEY INTO THE LOS ANGELES UNDERGROUND SCENE."

-Hip Hop Connection, London ENGLAND

"ONE GRAFFITI ARTIST RECALLS THAT IN GRADE SCHOOL HE WAS ASKED BY A TEACHER WHAT HE WANTED TO BE WHEN HE GREW UP, TO WHICH HE RESPONDED, "I WANT TO BE EITHER A TERRORIST OR AN ARTIST."-16th Annual Breckenridge Colorado Festival of Film

"GRAFFITI VERITE' STRIVES FOR RECOGNITION OF THIS CULTURE ALLOWING THE AUDIENCE ITSELF TO CONSIDER THIS TO BE VANDALISM OR A NEW AMAZING FORM OF MASS ART."

-Calmant Magazine, Lithuania

"THIS FILM DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF SHOWING OLD SCHOOL LA IN A WAY THAT NO OTHER PIECE OF DOCUMENTATION HAS."

-Juxtapoz Magazine, January 1997