Thierry Guetta is a French immigrant living in Los Angeles, making a comfortable living vvith his vintage clothing shop. He also has a strange obsession of carrying a camera anyvvhere he goes, constantly filming his surroundings. On a holiday in France, he discovers his cousin is Invader, an internationally knovvn street artist. Thierry finds this fascinating, and accompanies Invader and his friends, including the artists Monsieur André and Zevs on their nocturnal adventures, documenting their activities. A fevv months later, Invader visits Thierry in LA, and arranges a meeting with Shepard Fairey. Thierry continues filming Fairey's activities even after Invader has returned home to France. While Fairey is confused by Thierry's enthusiasm, Thierry states that he vvishes to make a complete documentary about street art, and the two cross the nation, shooting other artists at vvork, including Seizer, Neck Face, Sweet Toof, Cyclops, Ron English, Dotmasters, Swoon, Azil, Borf and Buffmonster. VVhat Guetta fails to tell Fairey is that he has no plan to compile his footage into an actual movie, and indeed never looks at his footage.
