Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring (1989)

Directed by

Elisabeth Aubert

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

29 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary covers artist Keith Haring's rise from New York City graffiti in the 1980s. It shows his commercial success with the Pop Shop and the social messages in his artwork.

informativereflectiveart-focusedbiographicalurban1980ssocially consciousmatter-of-fact

What happens

Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring is a 1989 American short documentary film about artist Keith Haring. Produced and directed by Elisabeth Aubert, and narrated by Gina Belafonte, the film highlights Haring's emergence from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s, the mass marketing of his work and the opening of the Pop Shop, and the social commentary present in his paintings and drawings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Keith Haring: Street Art Boy (2020)
• Style Wars (1983)
• Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)
• Isle of Flowers (1989)
• Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer (1989)
• Just to Get a Rep (2004)
• Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint (1989)
• I'm from Hollywood (1989)