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Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

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Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

4.8

1h 17m

2007

Synopsis

Crump directed the feature-length documentary film Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff + Robert Mapplethorpe, which premiered in North America at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival and in Europe at Art Basel. It explores the influence curator Sam Wagstaff, photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and musician/poet Patti Smith had on the 1970s art scene in New York City.

Director

James Crump

Trailer

Documentary

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Patti Smith

Patti Smith

as Self

Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe

as Self (archive footage)

Sam Wagstaff

as Self (archive footage)

Pierre Apraxine

as Self

Dick Cavett

Dick Cavett

as Self (archive footage)

Dominick Dunne

Dominick Dunne

as Self (archive footage)

Raymond Foye

as Self

Jeffrey Fraenkel

as Self - Fraenkel Gallery

Philippe Garner

as Self

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