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

  • 20172017
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  • 1h 18m
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Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2017)
A documentary that follows Basquiat's life pre-fame and how New York City, the times, the people and the movements surrounding him formed the artist he became.
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Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and its tectonically shifting arts culture of the late 1970s and '80s ... Read allExploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and its tectonically shifting arts culture of the late 1970s and '80s shaped his vision.Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and its tectonically shifting arts culture of the late 1970s and '80s shaped his vision.
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    • Sara Driver
  • Stars
    • Alexis Adler
    • Jean Michel Basquiat(archive footage)
    • Fab 5 Freddy
    • Sara Driver
  • Stars
    • Alexis Adler
    • Jean Michel Basquiat(archive footage)
    • Fab 5 Freddy
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    Alexis Adler
    • Self
    Jean Michel Basquiat
    Jean Michel Basquiat
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Fab 5 Freddy
    Fab 5 Freddy
    • Self
    Patricia Field
    Patricia Field
    • Self
    Coleen Fitzgibbon
    • Self
    Michael Holman
    Michael Holman
    • Self
    Jim Jarmusch
    Jim Jarmusch
    • Self
    Jennifer Jazz
    • Self
    Carlo McCormick
    Carlo McCormick
    • Self
    Mary-Ann Monforton
    • Self
    James Nares
    • Self
    Glenn O'Brien
    • Self
    Lee Quiñones
    Lee Quiñones
    • Self
    • (as 'Lee' George Quinones)
    Felice Rosser
    • Self
    Lucy Sante
    Lucy Sante
    • Self
    • (as Luc Sante)
    Jack Smith
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Sur Rodney Sur
    • Self
      • Sara Driver
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    The Truest Potrayal Of Basquiat's Life
    Sara Driver did an awesome job on this documentary. I found myself watching documentary after documentary about Jean-Michel Basquiat. This was the second last documentary I watched and perhaps the most impressive. I didn't write the review immediately after watching the documentary because I wanted to see if "Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child" another documentary would perhaps change the idea that this documentary was indeed the best of the bunch.

    The first quarter of the documentary lays down the foundation/backdrop of the environmental Basquiat was born and grew up in. In fact, this first quarter would have you believing the documentary isn't about Basquiat.

    Now that you know the background Basquiat, you look at his life and the influence his environment has on him.
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      • May 11, 2018 (United States)
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