Downtown '81

Downtown '81

13/7/2001 1h 12m 6.6/10

Overview

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.

Director

Edo Bertoglio

Top Billed Cast

Debbie Harry

Debbie Harry

Fairy Godmother

Coati Mundi

Coati Mundi

Self

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean (archive footage)

Saul Williams

Saul Williams

Jean's Narration (voice)

Anna Shroeder

Beatrice

Giorgio Giomelsky

Landlord

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