Downtown '81

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.

Director: Edo Bertoglio

Cast: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Saul Williams, Anna Shroeder, Debbie Harry, Giorgio Giomelsky, Coati Mundi, Debi Mazar, George Quinones

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.