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Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat

2018
Directed bySara Driver
1h 18m

Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and tectonically shifting arts culture of the late 1970s and '80s shaped his vision.

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STATUSReleased
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6.9

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