Downtown 81

Starring the legendary American painter, graffiti artist, poet and musician Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), DOWNTOWN 81 is both a post-modernist fairytale and a vivid depiction of the downtown New York art and music scene in the early 1980s. The film chronicles a day in the life of a 19 year-old starving artist (Basquiat) who must raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. Hoping to sell a painting to earn the rent, he wanders the downtown streets, painting in hand, encountering painters, models, junkies, graffiti artists, rappers and rockers whose lives and performances provide a slice of life from one of the most exciting periods in American culture.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 741360538160
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Southport Music Box Corpo
• Number of Disks: 1
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"