Martha: A Picture Story (2019)
• November 28th, 2019 • 1h 22min
Documentary
Overview
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.
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