Downtown '81 (13/07/2001)

Production : New York Beat Films

Synopsis

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.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Saul Williams

Anna Shroeder

Debbie Harry