Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
2018
6.8 (17)
1 hr 18 min
$195,517
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.
Top Cast
Jean-Michel Basquiat as Self (archive footage)
Michael Holman as Self
Fab 5 Freddy as Self
Jim Jarmusch as Self
Patricia Field as Self
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