INSIDE TATS CRU INC

Documentary, USA, 2004, Digital, 22 min

SYNOPSIS
In the eighties, they began painting New York's subway trains as young teenage boys.  Today, they own and successfully run a graffiti mural and graphic art design company in New York.  Inside Tats Cru Inc. is the story of a group of graffiti artists who have been an instrumental force in the legitimization, commercialization and globalization of aerosol spray art.

CAST
Bio, BG183, Nicer, How and Nosm.

CREW
Producer, Director, Editor, and Screenwriter: Cristina Esterás-Ortiz; Cinematographer: Cristian Esterás-Ortiz and Lilith Dorsey.

FILMMAKER BIO
Cristina Esterás Ortiz is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Cinema Studies as well as a certificate in the Culture and Media Program.  Interested in the perplexing relationship between peoples and images, her work explores issues of identity and belonging in relation to cultural production.  Her primary field of concentration is the Puerto Rican Diaspora.