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Martha: A Picture Story

Nov 28, 2019 | IMDB 9

82 min Watch Now

Documentary

In 1970s New York, photographer Martha Cooper captured some of the first images of graffiti at a time when the city had declared war on it. Decades later, Cooper has become an influential godmother to a global movement of street artists.

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Colin Cassidy, Martha Cooper

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