Downtown '81

• 6.9 Drama
• 2001-07-13
• 72 minutes mins

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:

Jean-Michel Basquiat (Jean (archive footage)) Saul Williams (Jean's Narration (voice)) Anna Shroeder (Beatrice) Debbie Harry (Fairy Godmother) Giorgio Giomelsky (Landlord) Coati Mundi (Self) Debi Mazar (Peppermint Lounge Dancer) George Quinones (Graffiti Artist) Walter Steding (Self) Steven Brown (Self - Vocals, Tuxedomoon)

Director:

Edo Bertoglio

Writer:

Glenn O'Brien