I recently watched Girl Power, a documentary on female graffiti writers (remembering that graffiti is a sub-set of street art which I have written about here).
The film was made by Sany, a Czech graffiti writer, who wanted to create the first female graffiti writer film. The film documents Sany’s double life as a female graffiti writer: negotiating work, life, friends and family and how she balances (and sometimes doesn’t balance) this double life.
The rawness of the film narrative, including the technique and vision captured by the cameras, captures how women negotiate this subculture, through the view point of the female graffiti writers. The audience is taken on a journey through the eyes of Sany and other female graffiti writers . Some parts are terrifying, as the women are running from authorities (including police, security guards and transport staff), being caught, questioned and held for hours.
Alix Beattie: Street Art Researcher 