Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2017)

  • NR
  • 09/08/2017 (CA)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 18m

Overview

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.

Sara Driver

Director

Cast

Jean-Michel Basquiat's headshot

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Self (archive footage)
Michael Holman's headshot

Michael Holman

Self
Fab 5 Freddy's headshot

Fab 5 Freddy

Self
Jim Jarmusch's headshot

Jim Jarmusch

Self
Patricia Field's headshot

Patricia Field

Self
Lee Quiñones's headshot

Lee Quiñones

Self
Alexis Adler's headshot

Alexis Adler

Self
Coleen Fitzgibbon's headshot

Coleen Fitzgibbon

Self

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