Martha: A Picture Story

Martha: A Picture Story

2019 · 82 min · ★ 9.0 · 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.

Directed by Selina Miles · Written by Davis Coombe

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