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

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

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.

Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018) is a documentary film directed by Sara Driver. Released in December 2018, it runs 78 minutes.

Its themes are gay artist and gay theme.

Jean-Michel Basquiat takes the lead as Self (archive footage), Michael Holman as Self, Fab 5 Freddy as Self, and Jim Jarmusch as Self. It streams on Dox Amazon Channel and Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel in the United States.

Pain and Glory, Tom of Finland, and I Am Divine make useful companions to Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat.