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.
Direction
Driver's patient, loving gaze—no hagiography, just witness.
Editing
Archive footage woven like a mixtape, not a museum piece.
Sound
No Wave and hip-hop bleeding into each other—pure sonic archaeology.
Director
Sara Driver
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Sara Driver was part of that same downtown scene and dated Jim Jarmusch—she's essentially filming her own memories.
The title comes from Basquiat's graffiti tag 'BOOM FOR REAL'—a phrase he stole from a friend, because that's what artists do.
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