How did they migrate from the margin to the masses, from underground to mainstream? Tattoos have now permeated all levels of society, but what does the practice of tattooing actually convey? A remarkable investigation into the powers of tattooing. From Los Angeles to Tokyo, Paris to Amsterdam, the film will intermix personal stories from several key characters.

A documentary about the rival gangs Mara 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, originating in Los Angeles but ter...

An exploration of how the once taboo art form has become socially acceptable.

A terrible accident leaves a young soldier horribly scarred, but his rediscovery of art heals his wo...

Stories of people who regard augmenting their bodies as a way of life, whether for artistic reasons ...
A bold reveal of a rose tattoo opens this 1980 documentary on tattooing in New Zealand. The potted h...
Narrated by JIM ROSE of JIM ROSE CIRCUS SIDESHOW fame, this video compiles snippets of some of the b...

Tattoo girls is a memoir of life as it is and of women as they are. A window to the lives of seven w...
Earl Kenneth Kaufmann is the Scary Guy. Banned and kicked out here and there. Because of his looks. ...

Rooster Teeth’s Geoff Ramsey explores the subculture of tattoos and takes a crash course from a mast...

First-time feature filmmakers Heretu Tetahiotupa, Christophe Cordier delve into the ritual art of Ma...

Loosely based on Charles Dicken’s book “A Tale of Two Cities”, Working Class tells the tale of under...

A short Documentary about Tattoo Artist Dustin Stephenson and his Struggle´s to survive during the f...

A documentary film based on the art of tattooing, tattoo artists and their clients, with interviews ...
Tattooing — "the world's oldest skin game" — is the subject of this iconic documentary. Writer/direc...
A look into the world of body piercing and suspension and the people who do it.

Horitoshi Sensei is one of the last accomplished masters of irezumi, the art of traditional Japanese...