Received with great excitement during the Sundance Film Festival, Exit Through the Gift Shop is a documentary by Thierry Guetta (aka Mr. Brainwash), a French expat turned shopkeeper. The film documents his obsession with searching for the Banksy, a name eponymous with the street art movement. The artist, however, is very secretive of his identity for fear of prosecution. Guetta’s search eventually leads him to travel the globe with artists from Shepard Fairey to Invader, and yes, Banksy himself often leaving behind his family and work. The final result is poignant chronology of the street art movement.
Exit Through the Gift Shop will be showing in Seattle at the Harvard Exit Theater on April 23, 2010. Don’t miss your chance to see it!
