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.
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Jean-Michel Basquiat as Self (archive footage)
Andy Warhol as Self (archive footage)
Lisane Basquiat as Self
Jeanine Basquiat as Self
Troy Stevenson-House as Young Basquiat
James Chance as Self (Musician)
Suzanne Mallouk as Self (Psychiatrist)
Jeffrey Deitch as Self (Art Advisory Service Citibank 1979 - 88)
Brett De Palma as Self (Artist)
Jennifer Vonholstein as Self (Artist)
Michael Holman as Self (Writer, filmmaker)
Al Diaz as Self
Kenny Scharf as Self (Artist)
Robert Storr as Self (Artist, critic, curator)
Fab 5 Freddy as Self
Stan Peskett as Self (Artist)
Glenn O'Brien as Self (archive footage)
Maripol as Self (Producer, Downtown 81)
Debbie Harry as Self (archive footage)
Bruno Bischofberger as Self (Art Dealer)
Diego Cortez as Self (archive footage)
Marc Miller as Self (archive footage)
Annina Nosei as Self (Gallery owner)
Larry Gagosian as Self (Art Dealer)
Annina Nosei as Self
Mary Boone as Self (Gallerist)
Tamra Davis as Self (Director of 'Radiant Child')
Bob Colacello as Self (Warhol biographer)
Paige Powell as Self (INTERVIEW photographer)
Greg Tate as Self (Writer, Musician)
Theaster Gates as Self (Artist)
Madonna as Self (archive footage)
Cathleen McGuigan as Self (Arts and culture journalist)
Tony Shafrazi as Self (Art dealer)
Michael Halsband as Self (Photographer)
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