Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

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Directed by

Tamra Davis

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Jean Michel Basquiat
Self

Julian Schnabel
Self

Fab 5 Freddy
Self

Erika Belle
Self

Kevin Bray

Tamra Davis

America Ferrera
Self - Hostess

Nelson George
Self

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Description: Centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over twenty years ago, this definitive documentary chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the young artist. In the crime ridden NYC of the 1970s, he covers the city with the graffiti tag SAMO. In 1981 he puts paint on canvas for the first time, and by 1983 he is an artist with “rock star status.” He achieves critical and commercial success, though he is constantly confronted by racism from his peers. In 1985 he and Andy Warhol become close friends and painting collaborators, but they part ways and Warhol dies suddenly in 1987. Basquiat’s ... (more)

Release date: 12 April 2011

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