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.

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  David Shulman

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  Jean-Michel Basquiat
  Self (archive footage)
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  Andy Warhol
  Self (archive footage)
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  Lisane Basquiat
  Self
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  Jeanine Basquiat
  Self
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  Troy Stevenson-House
  Young Basquiat
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  James Chance
  Self (Musician)
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  Suzanne Mallouk
  Self (Psychiatrist)
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  Jeffrey Deitch
  Self (Art Advisory Service Citibank 1979 - 88)
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  Brett De Palma
  Self (Artist)
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  Jennifer Vonholstein
  Self (Artist)
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  Michael Holman
  Self (Writer, filmmaker)
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  Al Diaz
  Self
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  Kenny Scharf
  Self (Artist)
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  Robert Storr
  Self (Artist, critic, curator)
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  Fab 5 Freddy
  Self
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  Stan Peskett
  Self (Artist)
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  Glenn O'Brien
  Self (archive footage)
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  Maripol
  Self (Producer, Downtown 81)
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  Debbie Harry
  Self (archive footage)
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  Bruno Bischofberger
  Self (Art Dealer)