Martha: A Picture Story

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Martha: A Picture Story

2019

1h 22m

Documentary

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Selina Miles' film is a vibrant portrait of photographer Martha Cooper, who in 1970s New York, captured the first images of graffiti appearing on the city's subway carriages. Decades later, Martha realizes she's become an unusual icon of the street art world -- her joyous and eagle-eyed photography having inspired the spread of graffiti around the globe.

Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

03/22/2021

I just love this beautiful documentary.

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Kimber Myers

Los Angeles Times

03/18/2021

Cooper's presence makes this 82 minutes of pure joy, a celebration of an artist who became a key part of the culture she captured.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

03/16/2021

A conventional biographical portrait almost feels redundant. Cooper has already documented her own life story.

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

10/29/2021

4/5

Further enhancing the many joys of this diverting documentary: Martha Cooper just happens to be a wonderful, open-minded, big-hearted human being. Long may she click away.

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

06/28/2021

B-

Basically a lengthy commercial for the "Subway Art" book, which ultimately captured what Cooper does best, noting her participation in the birth of a movement.

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Lael Loewenstein

FilmWeek (LAist)

03/22/2021

I thought she was a truly remarkable person. Very inspiring.

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Selina Miles' film is a vibrant portrait of photographer Martha Cooper, who in 1970s New York, captured the first images of graffiti appearing on the city's subway carriages. Decades later, Martha realizes she's become an unusual icon of the street art world -- her joyous and eagle-eyed photography having inspired the spread of graffiti around the globe.

Director: Selina Miles
Production Co: Projector Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 16, 2021
Runtime: 1h 22m

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