From Bethlehem to the bank. Banksy, the art trickster, appeared (unobserved, as usual) on the West Bank in 2007 to decorate walls in a gesture that mocked the Israeli occupation. When the satirical image of an Israeli soldier checking a donkey’s papers was found offensive, that wall painting was removed. Later it turned up for sale. But who actually owned it? Had Banksy himself become the victim of a nasty scheme to enrich the art market that he had been attacking for years?
Marco Prosepio’s doc is a rarity, an Italian independent film. It’s also a rare look at how even renegades like Banksy can be subverted by the force of the market, as street art - like it or not - becomes too valuable to keep on the streets.
Narrated by the inimitable Iggy Pop
Feature-Length Debut
קבלו עדכונים על סרטים, אירועים, המלצות והטבות. לנרשמים תוענק הטבת הצטרפות!
