Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018•1h 18m•6.8/10
Documentary
Ratings
🎬TMDb
6.8/10(17)
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.
Production
Hells Kitten Productions, Faliro House Productions, Le Pacte, Leopardo Filmes, Bunny Lake Films
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Trailers & Videos
Available in Your Library
Cast
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Self (archive footage)
Michael Holman
Self
Fab 5 Freddy
Self
Jim Jarmusch
Self
Patricia Field
Self
Lee Quiñones
Self
Alexis Adler
Self
Coleen Fitzgibbon
Self
Jennifer Jazz
Self
Carlo McCormick
Self
Mary-Ann Monforton
Self
Jamie Nares
Self
Glenn O'Brien
Self
Felice Rosser
Self
Lucy Sante
Self
Sur Rodney Sur
Self
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