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

Jean-Michel Basquiat
Self (archive footage)

Michael Holman
Self

Fab 5 Freddy
Self

Jim Jarmusch
Self

Patricia Field
Self

Lee Quiñones
Self
Alexis Adler
Self
Coleen Fitzgibbon
Self
Jennifer Jazz
Self
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