TATTOO: A Celebration Of Body Art

TATTOO: A Celebration Of Body Art

A remarkable insight into a hidden world that can be visually dazzling yet physically intimate...

1994 · 50 min · Documentary

Documentary based on interviews during the Birmingham Tattoo Convention in the early '90s.

Directed by Norman Hull

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