Movie·2001·72 min

Downtown '81

Name: Downtown '81
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Released: 2001-07-13
Duration: 72 min
Cast: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Saul Williams, Anna Shroeder, Debbie Harry, Giorgio Giomelsky

Downtown '81 streams in the US on Kino Film Collection, Kanopy and Hoopla, as of October 6, 2026.

6.7 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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