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Basquiat: Rage to Riches

Documentary
5.8·2017·1h 24m

This film tells Jean-Michel's story through exclusive interviews with his two sisters Lisane and Jeanine, who have never before agreed to be interview...

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Cast

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

Self (archive footage)

Lisane Basquiat

Lisane Basquiat

Self

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Jeanine Basquiat

Self

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Troy Stevenson-House

Young Basquiat

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James Chance

Self (Musician)

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Suzanne Mallouk

Self (Psychiatrist)

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Jeffrey Deitch

Self (Art Advisory Service Citibank 1979 - 88)

DIRECTOR

David Shulman

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.