Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and tectonically shifting arts culture of the late 1970s and '80s shaped his vision.
Cast
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Self (archive footage)
Michael Holman
Self
Fab 5 Freddy
Self
Jim Jarmusch
Self
Patricia Field
Self
Lee Quiñones
Self
Alexis Adler
Self
Coleen Fitzgibbon
Self
Jennifer Jazz
Self
Carlo McCormick
Self
Mary-Ann Monforton
Self
Jamie Nares
Self
Glenn O'Brien
Self
Felice Rosser
Self
Lucy Sante
Self
Sur Rodney Sur
Self
Crew
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