Title: Downtown 81
Description: Starring the legendary American painter, graffiti artist, poet and musician Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) this is both a post-modernist fairytale and a vivid depiction of the downtown New York art and music scene in the early 1980s. The film chronicles a day in the life of a 19-year-old starving artist who must raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted.
Subjects: Drama, Musicians, Modern Art, Artists
Places: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Manhattan, New York
People: Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
Time periods: 20th century