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

Name: Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017
Duration: 78 min

English / 2017 / 1h 18m

Not streamingNot currently on the Criterion Channel.

Documentary

Letterboxd: 3.44/5·2.2K ratings·446 reviewson Letterboxd
Connections: View Connections

Synopsis

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.

Included in
April 2022
Position 17

Credits

Crew

DirectorSara Driver

EditorAdam Kurnitz

Cast

Jean-Michel Basquiatas Self (archive footage)

Michael Holmanas Self

Fab 5 Freddyas Self

Jim Jarmusch

as Self

Patricia Fieldas Self

Lee Quiñonesas Self

Alexis Adleras Self

Coleen Fitzgibbonas Self

Jennifer Jazzas Self

Carlo McCormickas Self

Mary-Ann Monfortonas Self

Jamie Naresas Self

Glenn O'Brienas Self

Felice Rosseras Self

Lucy Santeas Self

Sur Rodney Suras Self

Double Feature

Streaming now, and why it pairs with this film

Sleepwalk1986

Both directed by Sara Driver

Or

You Are Not I1981Both directed by Sara Driver
The Bowery1994Both directed by Sara Driver