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Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Formative Years
Episode 159

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Formative Years

The documentary “Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat” profiles the artist long before he broke auction records for an American artist. Filmmaker Sara Driver combines archival footage with new interviews of Basquiat’s peers from Manhattan’s downtown art scene in the late '70s. — Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen For more information, click here to visit the official film web site.

Documentary of the Week

May 11, 20181m 55s

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The documentary “Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat” profiles the artist long before he broke auction records for an American artist. Filmmaker Sara Driver combines archival footage with new interviews of Basquiat’s peers from Manhattan’s downtown art scene in the late '70s.

— Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen 

For more information, click here to visit the official film web site.

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