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Style Wars was written by Tony Silver (dir.), Henry Chalfant (prod.), published in 1983 by Public Art Films. The author writes from inside the tradition it documents.

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Style Wars

Name: Style Wars
Released: 1983

Tony Silver (dir.), Henry Chalfant (prod.) · Public Art Films · 1983 · Originally in English · introductory

The definitive 1983 film document of early 1980s New York breaking and the Rock Steady Crew.

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Public Art Films was the production company; the film was directed by Henry Chalfant and Tony Silver. Chalfant was a photographer and filmmaker deeply embedded in the New York graffiti and hip-hop scenes of the 1980s, while Silver brought documentary and narrative filmmaking experience. Their positioning as sympathetic observers—rather than outsiders—shapes the film's credibility as a historical record.

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