Downtown '81

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Release date: July 13, 2001
Duration: 72 minutes
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Overview

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.

Starring

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Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean (archive footage)
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Saul Williams
Jean's Narration (voice)
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Debbie Harry
Fairy Godmother