
Jean-Michel Basquiat, artiste absolu
Documentary · TV Movie
Overview
The life and work of New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat have been marked by a long quest for identity, by his Haitian and Puerto Rican family origins and by a founding trip to Africa. To portray this major painter of the 20th century, who died in 1988 at only 27 years old, is also to evoke the place of black American artists in the conservative and racist America of the Reagan years.
Top Cast


Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Self (Archive footage)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Self (Archive footage)
James Noël
James Noël
Narrator (voice)
James Noël
Narrator (voice)
Dieter Buchhart
Dieter Buchhart
Self - Expository Comissioner
Dieter Buchhart
Self - Expository Comissioner


Kevin Bray
Kevin Bray
Self - Director
Kevin Bray
Self - Director
Pablo Calogero
Pablo Calogero
Self - Musician
Pablo Calogero
Self - Musician


Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Self - Artist
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Self - Artist
Al Diaz
Al Diaz
Self - Graphic artist
Al Diaz
Self - Graphic artist
Jeffrey Deitch
Jeffrey Deitch
Self - Gallery director
Jeffrey Deitch
Self - Gallery director
Alvin Fields
Alvin Fields
Self - Singer composer
Alvin Fields
Self - Singer composer
Lizzie Himmel
Lizzie Himmel
Self - Photographer
Lizzie Himmel
Self - Photographer
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