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

Directed by Sara Driver

2017Documentary78 minUnited States14A

The teenage years of Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how the New York of the late 1970s, its people and its movements, shaped the artist he became.

StatusAvailable to book
ReleaseJune 8, 2018
Runtime78 min
FormatsDCP · Digital file
On screensReady to book

Synopsis

BOOM FOR REAL: THE LATE TEENAGE YEARS OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT follows Basquiat's life pre-fame and how New York City, the times, the people and the movements surrounding him formed the artist he became.

The director

Sara Driver

Sara Driver is a New York filmmaker and a key figure of the downtown scene. She produced Jim Jarmusch's early features and directed Sleepwalk, When Pigs Fly and Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat.