Basquiat: Rage to Riches

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.

Details

Cast

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

Kenny Scharf

Self (Artist)

Robert Storr

Self (Artist, critic, curator)

Fab 5 Freddy

Self

Stan Peskett

Self (Artist)

Glenn O'Brien

Self (archive footage)

Maripol

Self (Producer, Downtown 81)

Debbie Harry

Self (archive footage)

Bruno Bischofberger

Self (Art Dealer)