Basquiat: Rage to Riches

Name: Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Director: David Shulman
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-10-07
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Lisane Basquiat, Jeanine Basquiat, Troy Stevenson-House

Directed by David Shulman

Documentary

20171h 24m5.8

Overview

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.