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Basquiat: Rage to Riches (2017)

Basquiat: Rage to Riches (2017)

Documentary
Release Date: 2017, October 7
Directors: David Shulman
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: BBC Studios
Cast: Madonna, Debbie Harry, Fab 5 Freddy, Tony Shafrazi, Robert Störr, Marc Miller, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Michael Holman, Glenn O'Brien, Bruno Bischofberger, Bob Colacello, Greg Tate

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.

Keywords:

painting art street art