Michael Holman

The life and work of New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat have been marked by a long quest for identity, by his Haitian and Puerto Rican family origins and by a founding trip to Africa. To portray this major painter of the 20th century, who died in 1988 at only 27 years old, is also to evoke the place of black American artists in the conservative and racist America of the Reagan years.

Exploring the pre-fame years of the celebrated American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, and how New York City, its people, and tectonically shifting arts culture of the late 1970s and '80s shaped his vision.

This film tells Jean-Michel's story through exclusive interviews with his two sisters Lisane and Jeanine, who have never before agreed to be interviewed for a TV documentary. With striking candour, Basquiat's art dealers - including Larry Gagosian, Mary Boone and Bruno Bischofberger - as well as his most intimate friends, lovers and fellow artists, expose the cash, the drugs and the pernicious racism which Basquiat confronted on a daily basis. As historical tableaux, visual diaries of defiance or surfaces covered with hidden meanings, Basquiat's art remains the beating heart of this story.

For over 30 years, Martin Bisi has been recording music from his studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn. He has worked with many influential musicians, including Sonic Youth, Swans, Herbie Hancock, Brian Eno and the Dresden Dolls. Now though, he finds himself squeezed in by the approaching gentrification of his neighborhood.

Two Bronx teens steal a pit bull puppy. One boy wants it as a fighting dog, the other as a pet. The conflict ends in heartache, with lessons learned.

Two Bronx teens steal a pit bull puppy. One boy wants it as a fighting dog, the other as a pet. The conflict ends in heartache, with lessons learned.

"Basquiat: Genialidade e Loucura", reconta a trajetória de Jean-Michel Basquiat, considerado por muitos um gênio da arte urbana e um revolucionário da pintura neo-expressionista. Basquiat teve uma carreira curta e brilhante, apontado como um prodígio e um fenômeno. Descoberto por seus grafites no final de 1970 no Lower East Side, em Nova York, ele vendeu a primeira pintura por 200 dólares, se tornou o melhor amigo de Andy Warhol, e morreu com 27 anos deixando para trás milhares de obras que venderam em milhões. O documentário reúne diversos depoimentos de parentes e amigos, enquanto faz um passeio por Nova York. Como se fosse um diário da vida pública e privada de Basquiat, exibe várias obras desse pioneiro da arte contemporânea, descrito como um herói romântico típico de uma sociedade em declínio, um ícone da transição entre duas eras. Sua colaboração com Andy Warhol é retratada no filme, e suas múltiplas formas de expressão.

Biografia do artista Jean-Michel Basquiat que é considerado um dos mais importantes pintores negros do século XX. Sua vida curta e morte inesperada aos 27 anos fizeram dele um ícone cultural.

In the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en mass housing corruption gave way to a city in crisis. Yet out of the economic and social strife that held the "Big Apple" hostage, a family of homegrown cultures that would forever change the world began to emerge. Downtown Calling not only documents, in detail, the evolution of New York City's fertile music and art subculture during this period, but how its collective output continues to play a prominent, driving role in the international fashion, art and music industries today.

In the late 1970s, the "greatest city in the world" was teetering on the edge of total chaos. A failed economy, crime and en mass housing corruption gave way to a city in crisis. Yet out of the economic and social strife that held the "Big Apple" hostage, a family of homegrown cultures that would forever change the world began to emerge. Downtown Calling not only documents, in detail, the evolution of New York City's fertile music and art subculture during this period, but how its collective output continues to play a prominent, driving role in the international fashion, art and music industries today.

From 1978 to 1982, Glenn O'Brien hosted a New York city public access cable TV show called TV Party. Co-hosted by Chris Stein, from Blondie, and directed by filmmaker Amos Poe, the hour long show took television where it had never gone before: to the edge of civility and "sub-realism" as Glenn would put it. Walter Steding and his TV Party "Orchestra" provided a musical accompaniment to the madness at hand, and many artists and musicians, from The Clash, Nile Rodgers, Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Bryne and Arto Lindsey were regular guests. It was the cocktail party that could be a political party. With 80 hours of disintegrating 3/4 inch videotape as a starting point, we tracked down the trend setting participants still living today and found out what they remember of the period and how the show influenced their lives. This, combined with clips from the orginal show, became the documentary "TV Party.

The film documents the development of hip hop culture since its inception in the 1970s. With interviews from various figures in the community such as Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, Fab 5 Freddy, KRS-One, MC Hammer and Busy Bee.

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.

Em 1981, Jean-Michel Basquiat passou de um desconhecido pintor de graffiti de 19 anos, que vivia nas ruas de Nova Iorque, a um dos artistas mais controversos e famosos do mundo, pelas mãos de Andy Warhol. As suas exposições tornaram-se o acontecimento artístico da temporada e os seus quadros foram adquiridos pelos maiores coleccionadores e museus. Em Andy Wharol, Basquiat encontra alguém que também está ali não pelo sucesso ou dinheiro, mas pela cumplicidade com a arte. A amizade de ambos é interrompida pela morte de Warhol.

Em 1981, Jean-Michel Basquiat passou de um desconhecido pintor de graffiti de 19 anos, que vivia nas ruas de Nova Iorque, a um dos artistas mais controversos e famosos do mundo, pelas mãos de Andy Warhol. As suas exposições tornaram-se o acontecimento artístico da temporada e os seus quadros foram adquiridos pelos maiores coleccionadores e museus. Em Andy Wharol, Basquiat encontra alguém que também está ali não pelo sucesso ou dinheiro, mas pela cumplicidade com a arte. A amizade de ambos é interrompida pela morte de Warhol.

"Another Vincent Gallo, Michael Holman, and Suzanne Mallouk collaboration is the short film Vampire LeStat, an exploration into horror." - description from the May 2018 event "Michael Holman: An Evening of Films & Discussion with David Hershkovits"

A young artist is followed by his friend in New York. A Tribute to Jean-Michel Basquiat

A young artist is followed by his friend in New York. A Tribute to Jean-Michel Basquiat

A young artist is followed by his friend in New York. A Tribute to Jean-Michel Basquiat

A young artist is followed by his friend in New York. A Tribute to Jean-Michel Basquiat

An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

"My first actor in my first film was Vincent Gallo. We made a film together called Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ. It's kind of a famous film. It must be twelve or thirteen seconds long. It's like an art film, shot on Super 8, and it was his first film, it was my first film. We did other films, too, short art films." - Michael Holman

"My first actor in my first film was Vincent Gallo. We made a film together called Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ. It's kind of a famous film. It must be twelve or thirteen seconds long. It's like an art film, shot on Super 8, and it was his first film, it was my first film. We did other films, too, short art films." - Michael Holman

"My first actor in my first film was Vincent Gallo. We made a film together called Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ. It's kind of a famous film. It must be twelve or thirteen seconds long. It's like an art film, shot on Super 8, and it was his first film, it was my first film. We did other films, too, short art films." - Michael Holman

"My first actor in my first film was Vincent Gallo. We made a film together called Vincent Gallo as Flying Christ. It's kind of a famous film. It must be twelve or thirteen seconds long. It's like an art film, shot on Super 8, and it was his first film, it was my first film. We did other films, too, short art films." - Michael Holman

Legendary rock impresario Bill Graham closed the Fillmore West in early summer 1971 with five nights of all-star concerts, the last curtain going down on July 4. The storied San Francisco venue had become an institution, an integral part of the West Coast music scene of the '60s and, now, an essential element of the mythology of rock 'n' roll. Always the showman, Graham made sure the Fillmore West was sent off in a blaze of glory, spotlighting bands - including the Grateful Dead and Santana-that rose to fame at the hall. The madness leading up to the shows and the concerts themselves were filmed for FILLMORE: THE LAST DAYS, a gritty, behind-the-scenes look at a fascinating moment in rock history and a showcase for great performances by iconic artists who epitomized 'the San Francisco Sound.' Originally released in 1972 and long out-of-print, the documentary film makes its DVD debut with Rhino's landmark reissue.

A gang of skater girls use newfound magic to save New York City from a coven of reptilian witches.