Basquiat: Rage to Riches

Basquiat: Rage to Riches

90 mins | Documentary | Oct. 7, 2017

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.

Basquiat: Rage to Riches

90 mins | Documentary | Oct. 7, 2017

Basquiat: Rage to Riches
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers BBC Studios
Original title Basquiat: Rage to Riches
Directors David Shulman
Writers

Cast

Jean-Michel Basquiat

as Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol

as Self (archive footage)

Lisane 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) / Self

Larry Gagosian

as Self (Art Dealer)

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)