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Basquiat (1996) (preview)
Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat (2018) (preview)
Downtown 81 (2000) (preview)
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010) (preview)
Basquiat: Rage to Riches (2018) BBC Studios Production for PBS and BBC in association with THIRTEEN Productions LLC (preview)