Still Crazy
Hammond, Indiana | Film Feature
Documentary
When society said graffiti was vandalism, they built a tribe. 40 years later, the Crazy In Style Artists fight to preserve their legacy while navigating post-industrial landscapes and aging bodies.
Still Crazy
Hammond, Indiana | Film Feature
Documentary
1 Campaigns | Indiana, United States
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When society said graffiti was vandalism, they built a tribe. 40 years later, the Crazy In Style Artists fight to preserve their legacy while navigating post-industrial landscapes and aging bodies.
About The Project
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
For 40 years, the Crazy In Style Artists painted in a city that never expected them to survive. Long before galleries or social media, this Latino graffiti collective from Indiana claimed walls as their canvas and built a culture where none existed. What began as rebellion became legacy; What was called vandalism became community.
This isn't just a documentary, it's family history. As members of CISA ourselves, we have an all-access pass to truth that outsiders couldn't earn. We're not just telling their story; we're protecting our own. This film is made with the permission, accountability, and deep respect that only insiders can provide.
Time is running out. These artists are elders now. The bodies that once scaled rooftops move differently today. The walls they painted are disappearing beneath new developments. The stories live only in the people who were there. Graffiti was meant to be impermanent, but it doesn't mean the memories behind it have to be.
If we don't record these voices now, with the trust we've built over decades, an entire chapter of Midwest art history disappears forever. Not with a bang, but with silence.
Our Goal & Timeline
We aim to premiere Still Crazy at CISA's 40th anniversary gallery exhibit in 2026 at the South Shore Arts Center in Munster, Indiana. This isn't just a screening, it's a homecoming. We need your help to make this deadline with a film worthy of their legacy.
Your Support Makes These Items Possible:
Digitizing & Archiving
Rescuing fragile sketchbooks, photographs, and personal materials that exist only in physical form. These are time capsules of an underground culture, currently at risk of being lost forever.
Travel for Key Interviews
Documenting artists in their studios, neighborhoods, and the environments that shaped their work. These conversations must happen face-to-face, while these pioneers are still here to share their stories firsthand.
Post-Production & Motion Graphics
Transforming years of footage and archival material into a powerful narrative. Using motion graphics to map their journey across time and space without losing the raw energy of the streets.
Marketing & Outreach
Sharing this story beyond traditional film circuits - with the artists, communities, and urban historians who need to see it. Creating screening events that spark conversations about preservation, legacy, and cultural identity.
Distribution Support
Ensuring this film lives beyond the festival circuit—in community centers, classrooms, and digital platforms where it can inspire the next generation of artists.
Join Us
This project has always been built through collective effort. By backing it, you become part of our team preserving a living history. A history that deserves to last long after the paint fades.
You're not just funding a film; you're safeguarding a legacy and proving that some voices are too important to be erased by time.
Together, let's make sure these walls continue speaking.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Distribution and Marketing
Costs $2,500
This would help fund community screenings, film festival submissions, digital ad campaigns, and press kits + deliverables.
Post-Production Assistance
Costs $3,000
This would help with motion graphics, color grading, and upscaling archival photos.
Equipment
Costs $2,500
We are looking to upgrade equipment to industry standards - a post-production workstation for editing and back-up + data protection.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
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About This Team
Director and Producer: Gabriel Barajas
Director of Photography and Co-Producer: Adrian Galvan
Both leading members of this film are rooted in graffiti culture, not as observers, but as graffiti artists. We came up in the same region of walls, blackbooks, late nights, and unspoken rules that shaped the Crazy In Style Artists. We understand the codes, the risks, and the responsibility that comes with documenting a culture built on trust.
Because of that, we have access others don’t.
This film draws from personal archives rarely shared outside the culture: original blackbooks, early photographs, handwritten notes, archive footage, and stories that were never meant for public consumption. These aren’t materials that live online or in institutions. They were kept safe by the people who lived them.
Current Team
Incentives
- The Story
- Wishlist
- Updates
- The Team
- Community
Mission Statement
The Story
For 40 years, the Crazy In Style Artists painted in a city that never expected them to survive. Long before galleries or social media, this Latino graffiti collective from Indiana claimed walls as their canvas and built a culture where none existed. What began as rebellion became legacy; What was called vandalism became community.
This isn't just a documentary, it's family history. As members of CISA ourselves, we have an all-access pass to truth that outsiders couldn't earn. We're not just telling their story; we're protecting our own. This film is made with the permission, accountability, and deep respect that only insiders can provide.
Time is running out. These artists are elders now. The bodies that once scaled rooftops move differently today. The walls they painted are disappearing beneath new developments. The stories live only in the people who were there. Graffiti was meant to be impermanent, but it doesn't mean the memories behind it have to be.
If we don't record these voices now, with the trust we've built over decades, an entire chapter of Midwest art history disappears forever. Not with a bang, but with silence.
Our Goal & Timeline
We aim to premiere Still Crazy at CISA's 40th anniversary gallery exhibit in 2026 at the South Shore Arts Center in Munster, Indiana. This isn't just a screening, it's a homecoming. We need your help to make this deadline with a film worthy of their legacy.
Your Support Makes These Items Possible:
Digitizing & Archiving
Rescuing fragile sketchbooks, photographs, and personal materials that exist only in physical form. These are time capsules of an underground culture, currently at risk of being lost forever.
Travel for Key Interviews
Documenting artists in their studios, neighborhoods, and the environments that shaped their work. These conversations must happen face-to-face, while these pioneers are still here to share their stories firsthand.
Post-Production & Motion Graphics
Transforming years of footage and archival material into a powerful narrative. Using motion graphics to map their journey across time and space without losing the raw energy of the streets.
Marketing & Outreach
Sharing this story beyond traditional film circuits - with the artists, communities, and urban historians who need to see it. Creating screening events that spark conversations about preservation, legacy, and cultural identity.
Distribution Support
Ensuring this film lives beyond the festival circuit—in community centers, classrooms, and digital platforms where it can inspire the next generation of artists.
Join Us
This project has always been built through collective effort. By backing it, you become part of our team preserving a living history. A history that deserves to last long after the paint fades.
You're not just funding a film; you're safeguarding a legacy and proving that some voices are too important to be erased by time.
Together, let's make sure these walls continue speaking.
Wishlist
Use the WishList to Pledge cash and Loan items - or - Make a pledge by selecting an Incentive directly.
Distribution and Marketing
Costs $2,500
This would help fund community screenings, film festival submissions, digital ad campaigns, and press kits + deliverables.
Post-Production Assistance
Costs $3,000
This would help with motion graphics, color grading, and upscaling archival photos.
Equipment
Costs $2,500
We are looking to upgrade equipment to industry standards - a post-production workstation for editing and back-up + data protection.
Cash Pledge
Costs $0
Direct link:
Share this update!
About This Team
Director and Producer: Gabriel Barajas
Director of Photography and Co-Producer: Adrian Galvan
Both leading members of this film are rooted in graffiti culture, not as observers, but as graffiti artists. We came up in the same region of walls, blackbooks, late nights, and unspoken rules that shaped the Crazy In Style Artists. We understand the codes, the risks, and the responsibility that comes with documenting a culture built on trust.
Because of that, we have access others don’t.
This film draws from personal archives rarely shared outside the culture: original blackbooks, early photographs, handwritten notes, archive footage, and stories that were never meant for public consumption. These aren’t materials that live online or in institutions. They were kept safe by the people who lived them.