THE MAN WHO STOLE BANKSY

The Man Who Stole Banksy starts as the story of the Palestinian perspective on the most important street artist of his time but soon turns into the discovery of an extensive secret market of walls and paintings stolen from city streets around the world, cultures meeting and clashing in the face of an unsustainable political situation and of course the ongoing debate around commercialisation vs preservation in Street Art. It’s not a single story, but many.

“I started following street art out of personal interest. In my youth years most of my friends used to cover their faces to evade CCTV cameras and jumped on walls to paint on a train, knowing they would only see their artwork in the light of day once before it was erased. This is what always fascinated me: the fact that it’s an ephemeral kind of art, born out of poor materials and indissolubly bound to the action that originates it. It is also the only recognised artistic movement that is completely illegal and therefore destined to disappear.”

regia/director
Marco Proserpio
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Marco Proserpio, con la collaborazione di/with the collaboration of Filippo Perfido e/and Christian Omodeo
fotografia/cinematography
Jacopo Farina
montaggio/film editing
Domenico Nicoletti
musica/music
Federico Dragogna, Matteo Pansana
suono/sound
Matteo Pansana
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Iggy Pop (voce narrante/narrating voice)
produttori/producers
Marco Proserpio, Filippo Perfido
produzione/production
Rai Cinema
produttori esecutivi/executive producers
Lucia Nicolai, Marcello Paolillo
coproduzione/coproduction
Elle Driver

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