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Downtown '81

2001
Directed byEdo Bertoglio
1h 12m

The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.

CAST
Jean-Michel BasquiatJean (archive footage)Saul WilliamsJean's Narration (voice)Anna ShroederBeatrice
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STATUSReleased
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New York Beat Films
RATING
6.7

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