Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

Name: Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2011-04-12
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Jean Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel, Larry Gagosian

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Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while ... Read allDirector Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad; as a successful black artist, he was constantly co... Read allDirector Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad; as a successful black artist, he was constantly confronted by racism and misconceptions. Much can be gleaned from insider interviews and arc... Read all

7.8/10

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Director
- Tamra Davis
Writers
- Eric Martin
- Lois Vossen
Stars
- Jean Michel Basquiat(archive footage)
- Julian Schnabel
- Larry Gagosian

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad; as a successful black artist, he was constantly confronted by racism and misconceptions. Much can be gleaned from insider interviews and archival footage, but it is Basquiat's own words and work that powerfully convey the mystique and allure of both the artist and the man. —Sundance Film Festival

artist iconoclast title directed by female archive footage

Genre
- Documentary
Certificate
- Not Rated
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Top review

8/10

The Bold, Beautiful and Tragic Life of Basquiat

No doubt a genius who was inspired and destroyed by his surroundings.

The Radical Child was the last of seven films I watched about the life and times of Jean-Michel Basquiat and perhaps the most in-depth one of all about his life and art. The documentary has interviews with lovers, acquaintances and art critics. This documentary has more of his art than any other and meaning behind the symbolism of his art including what inspired his art and style.

Hate it or love it, this is just a pure portrayal of a man flawed.

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