Basquiat: Rage to Riches
David Shulman2017-10-07
5.8
84 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Andy Warhol | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Lisane Basquiat | Self | Unowned |
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Jeanine Basquiat | Self | Unowned |
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Troy Stevenson-House | Young Basquiat | Unowned |
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James Chance | Self (Musician) | Unowned |
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Suzanne Mallouk | Self (Psychiatrist) | Unowned |
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Jeffrey Deitch | Self (Art Advisory Service Citibank 1979 - 88) | Unowned |
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Brett De Palma | Self (Artist) | Unowned |
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Jennifer Vonholstein | Self (Artist) | Unowned |
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Michael Holman | Self (Writer, filmmaker) | Unowned |
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Al Diaz | Self | Unowned |
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Kenny Scharf | Self (Artist) | Unowned |
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Robert Storr | Self (Artist, critic, curator) | Unowned |
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Fab 5 Freddy | Self | Unowned |
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Stan Peskett | Self (Artist) | Unowned |
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Glenn O'Brien | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Maripol | Self (Producer, Downtown 81) | Unowned |
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Debbie Harry | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Bruno Bischofberger | Self (Art Dealer) | Unowned |
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Diego Cortez | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Marc Miller | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Annina Nosei | Self (Gallery owner) | Unowned |
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Larry Gagosian | Self (Art Dealer) | Unowned |
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Annina Nosei | Self | Unowned |
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Mary Boone | Self (Gallerist) | Unowned |
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Tamra Davis | Self (Director of 'Radiant Child') | Unowned |
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Bob Colacello | Self (Warhol biographer) | Unowned |
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Paige Powell | Self (INTERVIEW photographer) | Unowned |
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Greg Tate | Self (Writer, Musician) | Unowned |
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Theaster Gates | Self (Artist) | Unowned |
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Madonna | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Cathleen McGuigan | Self (Arts and culture journalist) | Unowned |
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Tony Shafrazi | Self (Art dealer) | Unowned |
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Michael Halsband | Self (Photographer) | Unowned |