Based on artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s journey to Abidjan in the 1980s. Ivorian painter Watt and his friends show him around. Exhausted by visions and depression Basquiat seeks salvation in traditional art and local healing rituals.
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Film details
- Productieland
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Jaar
- 2013
- Festivaleditie
- IFFR 2014
- Lengte
- 20'
- Medium/Formaat
- DCP
