Osh ®⚡︎ on Instagram: "Jean-Michel Basquiat in ‘Downtown 81’ (1980) Downtown 81 is an American film that was shot in 1980-1981 starring a then unknown 19-year-old Jean-Michel Basquiat. It is a rare real-life snapshot based on the downtown NYC post-punk creative scene (one of the most praised cultural moments in history Jean-Michel Basquiat was homeless at the time of the movie and slept in the production office during most of the shooting. Basquiat starred as a version of himself in the movie, w

Jean-Michel Basquiat on Instagram: ""Basquiat" is a 1996 American biographical drama directed, written, and partially scored by Julian Schnabel in his directorial debut. This film traces the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat, a seminal figure in American postmodernist and neo-expressionist art, marking the first time a movie about an American painter was both written and directed by another painter. Jeffrey Wright stars as Basquiat, a Brooklyn native who evolved from his graffiti roots to pioneering