Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (2007)

5.0/10 • 77 min • Documentary

Overview

Crump directed the feature-length documentary film Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff + Robert Mapplethorpe, which premiered in North America at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and in Europe at Art Basel. It explores the influence curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and musician/poet Patti Smith had on the 1970s art scene in New York City.

Cast

Patti Smith

Self

Robert Mapplethorpe

Self (archive footage)

Dick Cavett

Self (archive footage)

Dominick Dunne

Self (archive footage)

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

Self - photographer

John Giorno

Self - poet

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