Basquiat: Rage to Riches (movie)
- User score: 6
- Production country: United Kingdom
- Producer: David Shulman
- Production companies: BBC Studios
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 10/7/2017
- Run time: 90 min.
Movie description
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.
