INFLUENCERS

INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment.

The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a statistical or metric approach.

Written and Directed by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson, the film is a Polaroid snapshot of New York influential creatives (advertising, design, fashion and entertainment) who are shaping today's pop culture.

"Influencers" belongs to the new generation of short films, webdocs, which combine the documentary style and the online experience.

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Brick Lane

Back in April 1999, Brick Lane was the second target in a bomb campaign targeting minorities in London.

At first the police and local people thought fascist terrorists were involved, and indeed Combat 18 claimed responsibility.

For centuries this area has been the home of immigrants, outsiders and dissidents. Brick Lane was originally the home of the dead.

Bricks and tiles began to be made here in the late 16th century … hence the name.

In 1675, when 1,300 new buildings squeezed onto the old market gardens, Brick Lane was seen as a centre of non-conformity, as citizens resisted the authority of the established Anglican Church. And in 1612, Britain’s first Baptist chapel was built here.
Silk weavers and Huguenots

The weavers came to settle around Fournier and Elder Streets and soon drove the existing weavers out of business. Protest as they might, the locals couldn’t argue with the quality of the incomers’ work … they had been invited in by the Crown for just that reason. Spitalfields became famous for fine cloths and the area became wealthy, with an affluent middle class.
Irish in Spitalfields

Brick Lane got an unfortunate notoriety in the 1880s with Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel Murders. A series of killings that have never been solved, and exercise the public imagination all the more for that.
Jewish immigration to Spitalfields

The cultural mix turned again with the massive Jewish immigration of the late 1800s.

In the 1930s British Union of Fascists leader Oswald Mosley led his Blackshirts on marches around Brick Lane and Club Row. The challenge culminated in the Battle of Cable Street, on October 5, 1936.
From Jewish Brick Lane to Banglatown

On Brick Lane today you will notice that some of the mosques carry a Star Of David above the door: synagogues converted to new use. Some of them were even Protestant churches before that. Brick Lane (or Banglatown) adapts, absorbs and goes on.

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BäSt

BÄST; his photo collage-style paste-ups and stencils have been seen on the streets of New York and Europe since the early noughties.Little is known about the artist but only with this piece we can see his talent.

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Blek le rat

Blek le Rat was born Xavier Prou in Boulogne-Billancourt , Paris in 1952. He is considered the godfather of stencil graffiti art. He studied painting and architecture. He began his artwork in Paris in 1981. Since then he has had a great influence on today's graffiti and "guerilla art" movements, his main motivation being social consciousness and the desire to bring art to the people. British graffiti artist Banksyhas acknowledged Blek's influence saying "every time I think I've painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well, only twenty years earlier."

André

A french graffiti artist. He paints a distinctive stick figure character, usually with a top hat and a "X" in place of one of the eyes. he started doing graffiti in 1985. Born in Sweden, he became famous in the late 90' with Mr A

A 2009 collaboration with Belvedere Vodka XI saw a specially designed Mr XI character

André was formerly married to Uffie.

André is also partner in L´Hôtel Amour, Paris.

"Graffiti is not a vandalism, but a beautiful crime"

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