Plot
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.
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Cast
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Self (archive footage)
Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage)
Lisane Basquiat
Self
Jeanine Basquiat
Self
Troy Stevenson-House
Young Basquiat
James Chance
Self (Musician)
Suzanne Mallouk
Self (Psychiatrist)
Jeffrey Deitch
Self (Art Advisory Service Citibank 1979 - 88)
Brett De Palma
Self (Artist)
Jennifer Vonholstein
Self (Artist)
Michael Holman
Self (Writer, filmmaker)
Al Diaz
Self
Kenny Scharf
Self (Artist)
Robert Storr
Self (Artist, critic, curator)
Fab 5 Freddy
Self
Stan Peskett
Self (Artist)
Glenn O'Brien
Self (archive footage)
Maripol
Self (Producer, Downtown 81)
Debbie Harry
Self (archive footage)
Bruno Bischofberger
Self (Art Dealer)
Diego Cortez
Self (archive footage)
Marc Miller
Self (archive footage)
Annina Nosei
Self (Gallery owner)
Larry Gagosian
Self (Art Dealer)
Annina Nosei
Self
Mary Boone
Self (Gallerist)
Tamra Davis
Self (Director of 'Radiant Child')
Bob Colacello
Self (Warhol biographer)
Paige Powell
Self (INTERVIEW photographer)
Greg Tate
Self (Writer, Musician)
Theaster Gates
Self (Artist)
Madonna
Self (archive footage)
Cathleen McGuigan
Self (Arts and culture journalist)
Tony Shafrazi
Self (Art dealer)
Michael Halsband
Self (Photographer)
