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

Storyline

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.

Top Cast

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Self (archive footage)

Michael Holman

Michael Holman

Self

Fab 5 Freddy

Fab 5 Freddy

Self

Jim Jarmusch

Jim Jarmusch

Self

Patricia Field

Patricia Field

Self

Lee Quiñones

Lee Quiñones

Self

?

Alexis Adler

Self

?

Coleen Fitzgibbon

Self

?

Jennifer Jazz

Self

Carlo McCormick

Carlo McCormick

Self

?

Mary-Ann Monforton

Self

Jamie Nares

Jamie Nares

Self

?

Glenn O'Brien

Self

Felice Rosser

Felice Rosser

Self

?

Lucy Sante

Self

?

Sur Rodney Sur

Self

Director

Sara Driver

Status

Released

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Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018)