Urban Myths: Madonna & Basquait
- TV comedy drama
- Sky Arts
- 2019
- 1 episode
Comedy drama about Madonna and her relationship with Jean-Michel Basquiat. Also features Sophie Kennedy Clark, Calvin Demba, David Bamber, Paul Kaye, Mollie Lambert and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2019
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Episodes
- 1
- Stars
- Sophie Kennedy Clark, Calvin Demba, David Bamber, Paul Kaye, Mollie Lambert, Chase Brown, Joe Hill, Simon Harris and Sarah Solemani
- Writer
- Sarah Solemani
- Directors
- Adam Wimpenny and Sarah Solemani
- Producers
- Adam Morane-Griffiths, Joe Hill, Sarah Solemani, Morwenna Gordon and Alexander Kenanov
- Company
Before she was famous, Madonna had a short but passionate and influential relationship with Jean-Michel Basquiat, a pioneer and darling of the 1980s New York art scene. Basquiat was riding high while Madonna was a coat check girl, but she already had the self-belief to know she had something special.
This myth takes place across one night on the New York subway, just before she infamously door-stepped music producer Seymour Stein at his hospital bedside where he signed her on the spot. This is a poignant moment, before Basquiat's untimely death and just before Madonna broke through to "take over the motherfucking world".
Additional details
- Part of
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 15th May 2019 at 9pm on Sky Arts
- Episode length
- 30 minutes
- Most recent repeats
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- Tuesday 28th March 2023 at 1:30am on Sky Arts
- Wednesday 31st August 2022 at 12:20am on Sky Arts
- Thursday 24th March 2022 at 3:30am on Sky Arts