Downtown '81

• Rated 6.7 out of 10
• Movie
• 2001
• 1h 12m
• 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.

Director

Edo Bertoglio

Starring

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Saul Williams, Anna Shroeder, Debbie Harry