Basquiat: Rage to Riches

Oct 7, 2017

1h 24m

★ 5.8

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

BBC Studios

Basquiat: Rage to Riches Trailers

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol

Self

Lisane Basquiat

Self

Jeanine Basquiat

Young Basquiat

Troy Stevenson-House

Self (Musician)

James Chance

Self (Psychiatrist)

Suzanne Mallouk

Self (Art Advisory Service Citibank 1979 - 88)

Jeffrey Deitch

Self (Artist)

Brett De Palma

Self (Artist)

Jennifer Vonholstein

Self (Writer, filmmaker)

Michael Holman

Self

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