Downtown '81
DramaComedyMusic
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.
VIBE
A hazy, vibrant snapshot of downtown NYC's creative underbelly. It feels like stumbling into a forgotten art party, a whimsical, anarchic day-in-the-life fueled by music and youthful ambition.
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