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

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018)

December 19th, 20181h 18min

Documentary
71%

Overview

Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and tectonically shifting arts culture of the late 1970s and '80s shaped his vision.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

The Times of Harvey Milk

The Times of Harvey Milk


Released on: 1984-10-07
Documentary

Harvey Milk was an outspoken human rights activist and one of the first openly gay U.S. politicians ...

All Out! Dancing in Dulais

All Out! Dancing in Dulais


Released on: 1986-01-01
Documentary

Dancing in Dulias was made by members of Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) and Lesbians Ag...

My Uncle's Friend

My Uncle's Friend


Released on: 2021-08-17
Documentary

The story of a LGBTQIA+ child told through old images from VHS tapes. The videos were recorded by Vi...

Secrets of the Gay Sauna

Secrets of the Gay Sauna


Released on: 2016-03-02
Documentary

Gay saunas are places where men meet strangers to have sex. With exclusive access to one Nottingham ...

Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution

Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution


Released on: 2017-06-12
Documentary, Music

A documentary on Queercore, the cultural and social movement that began as an offshoot of punk and w...

Penis Poetry

Penis Poetry


Released on: 2017-01-08
Documentary

This is a poetic film about The Penis becoming a diary with a unique story to tell. Penis Poetry is ...

Out in the Night

Out in the Night


Released on: 2014-06-12
Documentary

Under the neon lights in a gay-friendly neighborhood of New York City, four young African-American l...

Gingers

Gingers


Released on: 2013-12-12
Documentary

Redheads. Fire crotches… This film collects samples of their testimonials and their body hair and sk...

AIDS: Doctors and Nurses Tell Their Stories

AIDS: Doctors and Nurses Tell Their Stories


Released on: 2017-02-09
Documentary

For the first time, doctors and nurses who cared for Britain's first AIDS patients in the 1980s tell...

The Gift

The Gift


Released on: 2003-04-08
Documentary

Controversial documentary about gay men purposely contracting the AIDS virus.

Homosaywhat

Homosaywhat


Released on: 2019-09-19
Documentary

Homophobia didn’t just happen. Orchestrated campaigns by cultural institutions and public figures ha...

Close to His Chest

Close to His Chest


Released on: 2019-08-22
Drama, Romance, Documentary

These men are undergoing a crucial stage of self-discovery, but for better or worse - they will not ...

Have We Met Before?

Have We Met Before?


Released on: 2019-03-17
Drama, Documentary

Short docudrama exploring the history of sex in the homosexual community from the 1970s to the prese...

All Male, All Nude: Johnsons

All Male, All Nude: Johnsons


Released on: 2019-09-24
Documentary

Journey into the unique world of male stripping at a small gay strip club located in America's Secon...

Two Marches

Two Marches


Released on: 1991-01-01
Documentary

Scenes shot at two national gay marches on Washington, DC are juxtaposed to reveal some of the devas...

I'm a Porn Star: Gay 4 Pay

I'm a Porn Star: Gay 4 Pay


Released on: 2016-08-11
Documentary

Welcome to the curious, surprising and always outspoken world of straight men who go Gay4Pay. Curiou...

The Tickle King

The Tickle King


Released on: 2017-02-27
Documentary, TV Movie

Featuring new, previously unseen footage documenting the bizarre and unsettling things that happened...

Dream Boat

Dream Boat


Released on: 2017-06-28
Documentary

A cruise ship and 3,000 men – it is a universe without heteros and women that usually remains a myst...

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts


Released on: 1979-05-04
Documentary

Personal diary-style documentary of German Gay rights activist Von Praunheim's sojourn in the US.

The Capote Tapes

The Capote Tapes


Released on: 2021-09-10
Documentary, History

A portrait of the brilliant American writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and the New York high society of...