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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.
Directed by David Shulman
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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
The Artist’s Garden: American Impressionism
2017