
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.

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self

as Self

as Young Basquiat

as Self (Musician)

as Self (Psychiatrist)

as Self (Art Advisory Service Citibank 1979 - 88)

as Self (Artist)

as Self (Artist)

as Self (Writer, filmmaker)

as Self

as Self (Artist)

as Self (Artist, critic, curator)

as Self

as Self (Artist)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (Producer, Downtown 81)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (Art Dealer)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (Gallery owner)

as Self (Art Dealer)

as Self

as Self (Gallerist)

as Self (Director of 'Radiant Child')

as Self (Warhol biographer)

as Self (INTERVIEW photographer)

as Self (Writer, Musician)

as Self (Artist)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (Arts and culture journalist)

as Self (Art dealer)

as Self (Photographer)