Basquiat: Rage to Riches (2017)
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.
- Date of release
- 2017-10-07
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- David Shulman
Casting
- 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
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