Film

Downtown '81 2001

72 min TMDB 6.7 Drama Comedy Music

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.

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Cast

  • Jean-Michel Basquiat as Jean (archive footage)
  • Saul Williams as Jean's Narration (voice)
  • Anna Shroeder as Beatrice
  • Debbie Harry as Fairy Godmother
  • Giorgio Giomelsky as Landlord
  • Coati Mundi as Self

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