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

The documentary is a window into the life of the painter Jean-Michel Basquiat and the city of New York, 1978–1981. It is a comprehensive look at the movements that touched and inspired him, as well as the influence a bankrupt violent city had on this seminal artist. Jean-Michel has become, over the years, the ultimate representation of this period. All of the many things that were going on in the city fed through him: politics, hip-hop, punk rock, race issues and the art scene.