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Downtown '81

Downtown '81

Edo Bertoglio

2001

  • Drama
  • Comedy
  • Music
6.7

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.

Cast & crew

  • Edo BertoglioDirector
  • Jean-Michel BasquiatJean (archive footage)
  • Saul WilliamsJean's Narration (voice)
  • Anna ShroederBeatrice
  • Debbie HarryFairy Godmother
  • Giorgio GiomelskyLandlord
  • Coati MundiSelf
  • Debi MazarPeppermint Lounge Dancer
  • George QuinonesGraffiti Artist

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