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

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

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

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

2018

1h 18m

6.9(14 votes)

Documentary

Overview

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.

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Production Companies

Faliro House Productions

Le Pacte

Leopardo Filmes

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

16 members

Acting

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Acting

Michael Holman

Self

Michael Holman

Acting

Fab 5 Freddy

Self

Fab 5 Freddy

Directing

Jim Jarmusch

Self

Jim Jarmusch

Costume & Make-Up

Patricia Field

Self

Patricia Field

Acting

Lee Quiñones

Self

Lee Quiñones

Acting

Alexis Adler

Self

No Image

Directing

Coleen Fitzgibbon

Self

No Image

Acting

Jennifer Jazz

Self

No Image

Acting

Carlo McCormick

Self

Carlo McCormick

Acting

Mary-Ann Monforton

Self

No Image

Directing

Jamie Nares

Self

Jamie Nares

Acting

Glenn O'Brien

Self

No Image

Acting

Felice Rosser

Self

Felice Rosser

Directing

Lucy Sante

Self

No Image

Acting

Sur Rodney Sur

Self

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