FILMMAKER SHOWCASE
Tino Pacheco-Johnson
Tino Pacheco-Johnson, 16, lives near Widefield, Colorado, and is currently being home schooled. Tino’s interest in art and grafitti led him to develop a documentary film project about how our culture defines, demonizes, and in rare cases, celebrates graffiti art. As part of his film, Tino visited several street muralists in Colorado Springs and interviewed local arts and education advocate, Steve Wood, founder of Concrete Couch in Manitou Springs. GRAFFITI’S TRUE COLORS is a a personal essay film that sharply examines the role of graffiti and street art.
The film reveals a number of graffiti sites in Colorado Springs and provokes the question: Is art valid only when it’s seen in galleries and museums?
Tino’s film premiered at the 2014 Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival and is scheduled to screen at MezzFlix – the First Take Film Festival later this spring. He’s also been invited, along with other YDA filmmakers, to screen GRAFFITI’S TRUE COLORS at the Colorado Springs Downtown Celebration & Rocky Mountain State Game Opening Ceremony. During his YDA fellowship, Tino fell in love with filmmaking and wants to go on to make more documentary and narrative films.
After my film played at the Rocky Mt. Women’s Film Festival, so many people came up to me afterwards to thank me for the film and to share their opinions about graffiti and street art. It was really cool.
Tino Pacheco-Johnson, 16
