Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

1h 18m
Documentary
6.9

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

Sara Driver
Director
Adam Kurnitz
Editor
Adam Benn
Cinematography
Jean Labadie
Executive Producer
Christos V. Konstantakopoulos
Executive Producer
Paulo Branco
Executive Producer

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