New York 1981 and the young Jean-Michel Basquiat is cruising the streets on the cusp of international recognition, on his wanders he meets pretty much all of the Warhol clan and musical icons such as Debbie Harry and Mellie Mel. Acknowledged as one of the most gifted artists of the late Twentieth Century, Basquiat makes a charismatic host to what was an intense period of new wave American culture.