Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Dec 19, 2018 |
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6.9
78 minWatch Now
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.
Casts Jean-Michel Basquiat, Michael Holman, Fab 5 Freddy, Jim Jarmusch, Patricia Field, Lee Quiñones, Alexis Adler, Coleen Fitzgibbon, Jennifer Jazz, Carlo McCormick
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