Basquiat: Rage to Riches

2017 film

Basquiat: Rage to Riches

Directed by| David Shulman
Produced by| David Shulman
Starring| Jean-Michel Basquiat
Edited by| Lennaart Van Oldenborgh

Release date

* October 7, 2017 (2017-10-07) (UK)

September 14, 2018 (US)

Running time

| 90 minutes
Language| English

Basquiat: Rage to Riches is a documentary film about artist Jean-Michel Basquiat that premiered on BBC Two in October 2017. It was produced and directed by David Shulman. The film won the Huw Wheldon Award for Specialist Factual at the 2018 British Academy Television Awards.[1]

The documentary aired in the U.S. on PBS as part of its American Masters series in September 2018. It won the New York Press Club Award for Feature Video on TV, and received a nomination for Outstanding Independent Documentary at the 2019 Black Reel Awards.[2][3]

## Synopsis

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Nearly 30 years after his premature death, one of Jean-Michel Basquiat's Skull paintings from 1982 sold at Sotheby's for the record-breaking sum of $110 million. Basquiat: Rage to Riches details how the self-taught Brooklyn-born artist rose to success in the international art marketplace. In addition to interviews with Basquiat's art dealers and associates, the film features exclusive interviews with his two sisters, Lisane Basquiat and Jeanine Basquiat, who have never before spoken about their brother or his art for a documentary.[4]

## Cast

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* Jean-Michel Basquiat (archive footage)
* Lisane Basquiat
* Jeanine Basquiat
* Bruno Bischofberger
* Mary Boone
* Bob Colacello
* Tamra Davis
* Brett De Palma
* Fab 5 Freddy
* Larry Gagosian
* Michael Holman
* Suzanne Mallouk
* Cathleen McGuigan
* Annina Nosei
* Paige Powell
* Kenny Scharf
* Troy Stevenson-House (young Basquiat)
* Robert Storr
* Jennifer Vonholstein

## References

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1. ^ "Basquiat ‑ Rage to Riches - Winners' Acceptance Speech, Specialist Factual, Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards in 2018". BAFTA. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
2. ^ "The New York Press Club" (PDF). p. 6\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2020.
3. ^ Write, Robin (14 December 2018). "19th Annual Black Reel Awards Nominations". Filmotomy. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
4. ^ "On 'American Masters,' relatives open up about the famous artists in their families". Los Angeles Times. 7 September 2018. Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

## External links

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* Basquiat: Rage to Riches on BBC Studios
* Basquiat: Rage to Riches on PBS

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Artworks|

* List of paintings
* La Hara (1981)
* Untitled (Fishing) (1981)
* Irony of Negro Policeman (1981)
* The Field Next to the Other Road (1981)
* Untitled (Tar Tar Tar, Lead Lead Lead) (1981)
* Cadillac Moon (1981)
* Bird on Money (1981)
* Untitled (Skull) (1981)
* Untitled (Devil) (1982)
* Untitled (Skull) (1982)
* Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump (1982)
* Dustheads (1982)
* Gem Spa (1982)
* A Panel of Experts (1982)
* Dos Cabezas (1982)
* Versus Medici (1982)
* Untitled (Head) (1982)
* Hannibal (1982)
* Crown Hotel (Mona Lisa Black Background) (1982)
* Leonardo da Vinci's Greatest Hits (1982)
* Untitled (Pollo Frito) (1982)
* Donut Revenge (1982)
* Charles the First (1982)
* Red Skull (1982)
* Warrior (1982)
* Untitled (One Eyed Man or Xerox Face) (1982)
* Equals Pi (1982)
* The Guilt of Gold Teeth (1982)
* Flesh and Spirit (1982-83)
* El Gran Espectaculo (The Nile) (1983)
* Hollywood Africans (1983)
* In This Case (1983)
* Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart) (1983)
* Undiscovered Genius of the Mississippi Delta (1983)
* Sabado por la Noche (1984)
* Olympics (1984)
* Flexible (1984)
* Taxi, 45th/Broadway (1984-85)
* Zenith (1985)
* Jim Crow  (1986)

Music|

* Gray
* "Beat Bop" (1983)

Films on Basquiat|

* Basquiat (1996)
* Downtown 81 (2000)
* Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010)
* Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2017)
* Basquiat: Rage to Riches (2017)

Books on Basquiat|

* Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art (1998)
* Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (2016)

Related articles|

* SAMO
* Jean-Michel Basquiat (1982 painting)
* A Pile of Crowns for Jean-Michel Basquiat (1988 painting)
* Life Doesn't Frighten Me (1993 book)
* "Basquiat" (2020 song)
* Place Jean-Michel Basquiat

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