Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018)

6.8/10 • 78 min • Documentary

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.

Cast

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Self (archive footage)

Michael Holman

Fab 5 Freddy

Jim Jarmusch

Patricia Field

Lee Quiñones

Self

Carlo McCormick

Jamie Nares

Felice Rosser

Self

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