
Downtown '81
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.
- Year: 2001
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
- Studio: New York Beat Films
- Keyword: art, anarchic comedy, gay artist
- Director: Edo Bertoglio
- Cast: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Saul Williams, Anna Shroeder, Debbie Harry, Giorgio Giomelsky, Coati Mundi