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.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Saul Williams
Anna Shroeder
Debbie Harry
Giorgio Giomelsky
Coati Mundi
Debi Mazar
George Quinones
Walter Steding
Steven Brown
Eszter Balint
Kid Creole
Fab 5 Freddy
Arto Lindsay
John Lurie
Michael Holman
Ted Bafaloukos
Elliott Murphy
Amos Poe
Lee Quiñones
Chris Stein
Kool Kyle
Cookie Mueller
Richard Weigand
Bradley Field