Who is Bozo Texino? ostensibly chronicles a search for the story behind a legendary boxcar graffiti—-a simple sketch of a blank-staring cowboy character with the scrawled moniker “Bozo Texino.”

Sep 11, 2024 · For decades, a mysterious depiction of a cowboy showed up in Texas railyards. A documentary by Dallas native and filmmaker Bill Daniel tells its origin story. Who is Bozo Texino? That’s a good question in need of some explaining. But better to ask first: What is Bozo Texino? Bozo Texino is graffiti.

May 2, 2009 · Bozo Texino was the signature assigned to several thousand doodles drawn on railroad boxcars with a waterproof crayon. The signature featured a character with a big, wide-brimmed cowboy hat, a pipe, a scowl, and the words “Bozo Texino.”

Shooting over a 16-year period, Daniel rode freights across the West carrying a Super-8 sound camera and a 16mm Bolex. During his quest he discovered the roots of a folkloric tradition that has...

Mar 30, 2022 · “Who is Bozo Texino?” is a film study on the 100-year-old tradition of hobo and rail worker graffiti. Mostly shot on freight trips across the western US, the film includes interviews with some of the railroad’s greatest graffiti legends: Colossus of Roads, The Rambler, Herby (RIP) and the granddaddy of them all, Bozo Texino.

Completed in 2005, Who is Bozo Texino? captures the subterranean network of hoboes and the shared language and myth-making of railroad graffiti.

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His full-length film, Who is Bozo Texino? about the tradition of hobo and railworker boxcar graffiti was completed in 2005 and has screened extensively throughout the United States and Europe. [1]

In his film ‘Who is Bozo Texino,’ Bill Daniel’s sought the artist responsible for the ‘Bozo Texino’ handle. For 16 years, Daniel’s rode the rails documenting his experiences with a Super-8 sound camera and 16mm Bolex.

Bozo Texino is the name adopted by an anonymous hobo graffiti artist whose work can be found scattered throughout the vast railway network of the United States. The moniker “Bozo” is a term often used in hobo culture to refer to a fellow traveler, while “Texino” is a combination of “Texas” and “Mexico,” reflecting the artist’s ...