Downtown 81

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Downtown 81 is a 1981 independent film that captures New York City's early hip-hop, punk, and downtown art scenes through a semi-fictional day in the life of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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Downtown 81 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
alternativeTitle New York Beat Movie ⓘ
castMember DNA ⓘ
Debbie Harry ⓘ
linked to: Deborah Harry

Fab 5 Freddy ⓘ
linked to: Fab Five Freddy

James White and the Blacks ⓘ
Jean-Michel Basquiat ⓘ
Kid Creole and the Coconuts ⓘ
The Lounge Lizards ⓘ
The Plastics ⓘ
Tuxedomoon ⓘ
Walter Steding ⓘ
completionYear 1981 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
No Wave music scene ⓘ
downtown New York art scene ⓘ
early hip hop culture ⓘ
punk music scene ⓘ
director Edo Bertoglio NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresMusicBy DNA ⓘ
James White and the Blacks ⓘ
Kid Creole and the Coconuts ⓘ
The Lounge Lizards ⓘ
The Plastics ⓘ
Tuxedomoon ⓘ
filmingEndYear 1981 ⓘ
filmingStartYear 1980 ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
music film ⓘ
hasSubject downtown art scene ⓘ
graffiti ⓘ
street art ⓘ
underground music ⓘ
locationOfFilming Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
mainCharacter Jean-Michel Basquiat ⓘ
narrativeFocus semi-fictional day in the life of Jean-Michel Basquiat ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Jean-Michel Basquiat as a struggling artist ⓘ
postProductionCompletionYear 1999 ⓘ
producer Maripol ⓘ
releaseYear 2000 ⓘ
setInPeriod early 1980s ⓘ
starring Jean-Michel Basquiat ⓘ
timeSetting post-punk era New York City ⓘ
title Downtown 81 ⓘ
writer Glenn O'Brien ⓘ
linked to: Glenn O’Brien

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fab 5 Freddy → notableWork → Downtown 81 ⓘ
Downtown 81 → title → Downtown 81 ⓘ