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Basquiat: Rage to Riches

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.

2017 |1h 30m |  Documentary

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Cast

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Jean-Michel Basquiat

Self (archive footage)

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Michael Holman

Self (Writer, filmmaker)

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Fab 5 Freddy

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Maripol

Self (Producer, Downtown 81)

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Debbie Harry

Self (archive footage)

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Bob Colacello

Self (Warhol biographer)

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Madonna

Self (archive footage)

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Status

Released

Language

English

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