Basquiat: Rage to Riches
2017This 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
as Self (archive footage)
Andy Warhol
as Self (archive footage)
Lisane Basquiat
as Self
Jeanine 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)
Larry Gagosian
as Self (Art Dealer)
Annina Nosei
as Self
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)