Detour Cinema, Via Urbana 107 Roma
Jan 12 Sat 2019, h7.30pm
in collaboration with Wanted Cinema

BOOM FOR REAL
The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat 
by Sara Driver
with Jean Michel Basquiat e Jim Jarmusch
Usa 2017, 80′. O.V. Eng with Ita sub

BOOM FOR REAL: THE LATE TEENAGE YEARS OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT follows Basquiat’s life pre-fame and how New York City, the times, the people and the movements surrounding him formed the artist he became. Using never-before-seen works, writings and photographs, director Sara Driver, who was part of the New York arts scene herself, worked closely and collaboratively with friends and other artists who emerged from that period: Jim Jarmusch, Alexis Adler, Al Diaz, Fred Brathwaite aka Fab 5 Freddy, Lee Quiñones, Felice Rosser, Jennifer Jazz, Luc Sante, Carlo McCormick, Glenn O’Brien, Michael Holman, James Nares, Coleen Fitzgibbon, Kenny Scharf, Sur Rodney (Sur), Patricia Field, Mary-Ann Monforton, Diego Cortez, Bud Kliment.

This movie is part of Across.Video Project. Since 2004 at Detour, conceived and curated by Cristina Nisticò, from 2016 in collaboration with Ornella Vaiani e Vera Fusco.