<p><b>“He was one of the people I was truly envious of but&#8230; he was too fragile for this world.” - Madonna</b></p><p>This is the first feature-length documentary about celebrated artist Jean-Michel Basquiat - a rare insight into the graffiti-influenced painter whose star shone so brightly and briefly over the international art world.</p><p>Filmmaker Tamra Davis (<i>Guncrazy</i>) draws on footage from an interview she did with Basquiat not long before his death, returning to the material decades later to craft an intimate film that <i>Variety </i>describes as “a tender ode from one friend to another”. Davis juxtaposes the artist's own words with examples of his bebop-influenced, neo-expressionist pieces. </p><p>“He first became famous for his art, and then he became famous for being famous, and then he became famous for being infamous.” - Richard Marshall </p>