Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

December. 19,2018

Rating：

6.7

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Gay Theme Gay Artist

Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Jean-Michel Basquiat as Self (archive footage)

Michael Holman as Self

Fab 5 Freddy as Self

Jim Jarmusch as Self

Patricia Field as Self

Lee Quiñones as Self

James Nares as Self

Felice Rosser as Self

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