This film tells Jean-Michel's story through exclusive interviews with his two sisters Lisane and Jeanine, who have never before agreed to be interviewed for a TV documentary. With striking candour, Basquiat's art dealers - including Larry Gagosian, Mary Boone and Bruno Bischofberger - as well as his most intimate friends, lovers and fellow artists, expose the cash, the drugs and the pernicious racism which Basquiat confronted on a daily basis. As historical tableaux, visual diaries of defiance o...
Top Cast
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Jean-Michel BasquiatSelf (archive footage)
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Andy WarholSelf (archive footage)
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Lisane BasquiatSelf
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Jeanine BasquiatSelf
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Troy Stevenson-HouseYoung Basquiat
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James ChanceSelf (Musician)
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Suzanne MalloukSelf (Psychiatrist)
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Jeffrey DeitchSelf (Art Advisory Service Citibank 1979 - 88)
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Brett De PalmaSelf (Artist)
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Jennifer VonholsteinSelf (Artist)
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Michael HolmanSelf (Writer, filmmaker)
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Al DiazSelf
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Kenny ScharfSelf (Artist)
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Robert StorrSelf (Artist, critic, curator)
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Fab 5 FreddySelf
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Stan PeskettSelf (Artist)
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Glenn O'BrienSelf (archive footage)
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MaripolSelf (Producer, Downtown 81)
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Debbie HarrySelf (archive footage)
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Bruno BischofbergerSelf (Art Dealer)
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Diego CortezSelf (archive footage)
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Marc MillerSelf (archive footage)
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Annina NoseiSelf (Gallery owner)
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Larry GagosianSelf (Art Dealer)
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Annina NoseiSelf
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Mary BooneSelf (Gallerist)
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Tamra DavisSelf (Director of 'Radiant Child')
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Bob ColacelloSelf (Warhol biographer)
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Paige PowellSelf (INTERVIEW photographer)
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Greg TateSelf (Writer, Musician)
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Theaster GatesSelf (Artist)
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MadonnaSelf (archive footage)
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Cathleen McGuiganSelf (Arts and culture journalist)