Basquiat: Rage to Riches

5.8
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 90 min
  • Premiere: 2017. October 7.

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.

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Jean-Michel Basquiat

Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol

Self (archive footage)

Troy Stevenson-House

Young Basquiat

James Chance

Self (Musician)

Suzanne Mallouk

Self (Psychiatrist)

Jeffrey Deitch

Self (Art Advisory Service Citibank 1979 - 88)

Brett De Palma

Self (Artist)

Jennifer Vonholstein

Self (Artist)

Michael Holman

Self (Writer, filmmaker)

Al Diaz

Self

Kenny Scharf

Self (Artist)

Robert Storr

Self (Artist, critic, curator)

Stan Peskett

Self (Artist)

Glenn O'Brien

Self (archive footage)

Maripol

Self (Producer, Downtown 81)

Debbie Harry

Self (archive footage)

Bruno Bischofberger

Self (Art Dealer)

Diego Cortez

Self (archive footage)

Marc Miller

Self (archive footage)

Annina Nosei

Self (Gallery owner)

Larry Gagosian

Self (Art Dealer)

Mary Boone

Self (Gallerist)

Tamra Davis

Self (Director of 'Radiant Child')

Bob Colacello

Self (Warhol biographer)

Paige Powell

Self (INTERVIEW photographer)

Greg Tate

Self (Writer, Musician)

Theaster Gates

Self (Artist)

Madonna

Self (archive footage)

Cathleen McGuigan

Self (Arts and culture journalist)

Tony Shafrazi

Self (Art dealer)

Michael Halsband

Self (Photographer)

Camera

Mark Molesworth

Director of Photography

Doron Schlair

Additional Camera

Roni Ullmann

Additional Camera

Crew

Mark Bell

Commissioning Editor

Matthew Finney

Title Graphics

Candice Gregory

Production Office Assistant

Robert Naia

Driver

Directing

David Shulman

Director

Editing

Karen Walsh

Archival Footage Coordinator

Production

Sophie Deveson

Development Manager

Michelle Clinton

Production Manager

Robert Hanger

Production Coordinator

Jonathan Page

Associate Producer

Janet Lee

Executive Producer

David Shulman

Producer

Danny Yasruddin

Executive In Charge Of Production

Sound

Thaddaios Yianni

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ivo Hanak

Sound

Camera

Mark Molesworth

Director of Photography

Doron Schlair

Additional Camera

Roni Ullmann

Additional Camera

Crew

Mark Bell

Commissioning Editor

Matthew Finney

Title Graphics

Candice Gregory

Production Office Assistant

Robert Naia

Driver

Directing

David Shulman

Director

Editing

Karen Walsh

Archival Footage Coordinator

Production

Sophie Deveson

Development Manager

Michelle Clinton

Production Manager

Robert Hanger

Production Coordinator

Jonathan Page

Associate Producer

Janet Lee

Executive Producer

David Shulman

Producer

Danny Yasruddin

Executive In Charge Of Production

Sound

Thaddaios Yianni

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ivo Hanak

Sound