Downtown '81

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Music

Counries: United States of America

Companies: New York Beat Films

Runtime: 72 minutes

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.