Downtown '81 (2001)

Name: Downtown '81
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Released: 2001-07-13
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Saul Williams, Anna Shroeder, Debbie Harry, Giorgio Giomelsky

Drama
Comedy
Music

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.

Rating: 6.7 / 10 (32 votes)
Release date: July 13, 2001
Runtime: 1h 12m
Language: English
Director: Edo Bertoglio
Status: Released