Downtown '81

Downtown '81 (2001)

July 13th, 20011h 12min

Drama, Comedy, Music
67%

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.


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