Sheffield DocFest 2008

The organisers say this strand offers "the chance to explore and wonder at an artists genius and sometimes troubled mind, from conception to completetion."

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Paradise Regained Paradise Regained
Paradise Regained and Cyanosis
Cyanosis (Sianoze) (Country: Iran, US; Year: 2008; Director: Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami), Official Site
Portrait of a Tehran street artist.
Here's Johnny (Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Kat Mansoor, A Lavis, W Hood; Stars: John Wagner), Official Site
Documentary about comic book artist John Hicklenton.
In A Dream (Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Jeremiah Zagar), Official Site
Exploration of the work of mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar.
Megunica (Country: Italy; Year: 2008; Director: Lorenzo Fonda), Official Site
A trip to Latin America with grafitti artist, Blu.
Paradise Regained (Country: UK; Year: 2008; Director: Steve James)
Art and reality cross paths in the lives of an American street artist and his clients.
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