Tattoo Nation documentary

[kylegrey]

Nice piece in his local rag about Charlie Cartwright -

Film features tattoo trailblazer of Modesto - Featured Stories - Modbee.com

[Mark Bee]

Sadly, it looks like Canada has been left out of the screenings. Hopefully it will make it here soon - or be made available to purchase as a dvd or download.

[flying aces]

I got to see the first showing of this at the London convention last year. Its pretty informative, and gives a comprehensive history of the Chicano black and grey style. Worth a watch if you want to learn somehistory

[Mark Bee]

I just discovered that Tattoo Nation is playing in Toronto this afternoon. Last day! I'm rushing off from work to catch the final screening.

[donbcivil]

How was Tattoo Nation?

[Daniel Badham]

I think it's great that tattooing has picked up such a big following, it shows to the rest of the world that it's not wrong to get tattoo, plus it also emphasizes the fact that it's now what's on the skin that makes the person, but what's inside.

[SStu]

I missed it when it played here last month, but I understand the dvd will be out soon (tomorrow?).

[Shannon Shirley]

seen it in Modesto with GTC......C/S

[SacramentoDan]

Official Description: For years people saw tattoos as a sign of rebellion. A middle finger salute to the rest of the world. Outlaw bikers got tattoos. Sailors on leave in Singapore got tattoos. Lifers in the joint got tattoos. But now in the United States one out of every three adults under forty has a tattoo! So what happened? How did tattoo go from something…

Plot Outline: The true story of the revolutionary tattoo style of Black and Grey in LA.

Featuring: Jack Rudy, Freddy Negretr, Charlie Cartwright and more

TATTOO NATION

Anyone going to see this?

Screenings taking place next Thursday through Sunday it looks like. I have tickets for next Friday in Miami.

thanks !

looks good,I just put it on my Netflix queue :)

[Dennis]

Finally watched it! It was really enjoyable, and I recognized a ton of the feature pieces from the internet/instagram. Was nice to see Filip Leu and Kore Flatmo featured in it as well!

Just bought the DVD! Woooo!

[el twe]

Just rented the streaming version from the Tattoo Nation website, it was a good watch! Nothing too new, but the compilation of images and clips was great and it was cool to hear Freddy, Ed, and Jack Rudy each tell their side of the story (from their respective sides of the state) and how they all felt the same "You can do that with a tattoo?!" about each others' work.

EDIT: Super cool to hear about Jack Rudy and his start with "Good Time" Charlie Cartwright.