Tattoo Nation

2013
1h 26m

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6.9/10

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A documentary that follows three pioneers -- Charlie Cartwright, Jack Rudy and Freddy Negrete -- revolutionized the world of tattooing.

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How did tattoos go from something that was put on you to an expression that comes from within you? That transformation is the subject of a new groundbreaking documentary film, TATTOO NATION.How did tattoos go from something that was put on you to an expression that comes from within you? That transformation is the subject of a new groundbreaking documentary film, TATTOO NATION.How did tattoos go from something that was put on you to an expression that comes from within you? That transformation is the subject of a new groundbreaking documentary film, TATTOO NATION.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

395

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See production info at IMDbPro

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Swag Drip
Performed by Nazo Bravo
Courtesy of RBC Records
Under license from Mighty Hye Records
Written by Nazo Bravo (as N. Aslanian) and Corey Simon
Produced by Corey Simon
Recorded by Taron Eliazaryan @ CaliNovas Studios in North Hollywood, CA
Mixed by Ariel Chobaz
Mastered by Bernie Grundman

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Featured review

6/10

Good Documentary but limited in Scope

Tattoo Nation is a good tattoo documentary however, this is an incredibly narrow view of tattoo culture. It focuses exclusively on the evolution of the LA Hispanic black and grey gang style tattoos into the mainstream hardly touching on other tattooing styles, origins or impacts.

This is a great documentary if you are part of the So-Cal tattoo culture. As someone from the North East I found the movie interesting but underwhelming. I was hoping for a more broadly based tattoo documentary.

Tattoo Nation is a fairly misleading title. It would have been more accurately named Cali-Tattoo Culture.

As a side note, I do have a mix of both color and black&grey tats in various styles.