Tamra Davis rende omaggio all’amico e iconoclasta Jean-Michel Basquiat. In un’epoca dominata dall’arte minimalista e concettuale, l’artista fece scalpore con i suoi lavori neoespressionisti, densi e influenzati dal bebop, mentre la sua identità divenne bersaglio di pregiudizi e razzismo.

Tamra Davis’s essential documentary on a visionary, Jean-Michel Basquiat, looks beyond his enigmatic aura. A vibrant, tantalizing study of an artist who, in the director’s own words, “became famous for his art, and then became famous for being famous, and then became famous for being infamous.”