Symphony Space (Venue Partner)
2537 Broadway
212.864.5400
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- When
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Sunday Sep 12, 2010 (1 & 5:45pm)
Sunday Sep 19, 2010 (1 & 5:45pm)
Sunday Sep 26, 2010 (6:30pm)
- Where
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Directions: Subway: 1,2,3, B, C trains to 96th Street (two stops from Times Square on 2,3 trains). Bus: M104 up- or downtown to 94th Street; M96 crosstown to Broadway
- Price
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$12; Members $8; Seniors $10 Get two tickets per film for an entire year for just $100 with a Thalia Film Pass! (Limit of one screening per film.)
- Links
2010. Tamra Davis. US. 93 min. Color. Sundance Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize nomination
Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad; as a successful black artist, he was constantly confronted by racism and misconceptions. Much can be gleaned from insider interviews and archival footage, but it is Basquiat's own words and work that powerfully convey the mystique and allure of both the artist and the man. Featuring interviews with Julian Schnabel, Larry Gagosian, Bruno Bischofberger, Tony Shafrazi, Fab 5 Freddy, Jeffrey Deitch, Glenn O'Brien, Maripol, Nicholas Taylor, Fred Hoffmann, among many others.
