Basquiat Rage to Riches

This film tells JeanMichels 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 Basquiats 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 Basquiats art remains the beating heart of this story