Downtown '81

Downtown '81

Released on
Drama, Comedy, Music
Runtime
72 mins
(23 votes)

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.

Cast

  • Jean-Michel Basquiat
  • Saul Williams
  • Anna Shroeder
  • Debbie Harry
  • Giorgio Giomelsky
  • Coati Mundi
  • Debi Mazar
  • George Quinones
  • Walter Steding
  • Steven Brown
  • Eszter Balint
  • Kid Creole
  • Fab 5 Freddy
  • Arto Lindsay
  • John Lurie
  • Michael Holman
  • Ted Bafaloukos
  • Elliott Murphy
  • Amos Poe
  • Lee Quiñones
  • Chris Stein
  • Kool Kyle
  • Cookie Mueller
  • Richard Weigand
  • Bradley Field

Director

  • Edo Bertoglio

Producers

  • Maripol

Screenwriter

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