Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

6.9

2018

1h 18m

Documentary

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.

Key Crew

Director

Sara Driver

Cast (16)

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Self (archive footage)

Michael Holman

Self

Fab 5 Freddy

Self

Jim Jarmusch

Self

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