Jean-Michel Basquiat
Self (archive footage)
Basquiat: Rage to Riches (2017)
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Overview
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 or surfaces covered with hidden meanings, Basquiat's art remains the beating heart of this story.
David Shulman
Director
Top Billed Cast
Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage)
Lisane Basquiat
Self
Jeanine Basquiat
Self
Troy Stevenson-House
Young Basquiat
James Chance
Self (Musician)
Suzanne Mallouk
Self (Psychiatrist)
Jeffrey Deitch
Self (Art Advisory Service Citibank 1979 - 88)
Brett De Palma
Self (Artist)
Jennifer Vonholstein
Self (Artist)
Michael Holman
Self (Writer, filmmaker)
Al Diaz
Self
Kenny Scharf
Self (Artist)
Robert Storr
Self (Artist, critic, curator)
Fab 5 Freddy
Self
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