Keith Haring

Keith Haring

Born: May 4, 1958
Died: February 16, 1990
in Reading - Pennsylvania - USA
Keith Allen Haring was an American artist whose pop art and graffiti-like work grew out of the New York City street culture of the 1980s.

Movies for Keith Haring...

Larry's Garage
Title: Larry's Garage
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 2020
Type: Movie
In July of 2015 while surfing the net, the director of the movie Corrado Rizza found what he considered to be an amazing video on YouTube. It was published by Hiroyuki Kajino, an active Japanese DJ in the 80's. It was an unpublished interview with Larry Levan from the Paradise Garage in New York City. The Paradise Garage opened in 1977 and it was a legendary club where Larry Levan showed his creative genius for ten years. He was so creative that he turned his club into a temple of music. Larry died prematurely in 1992, at the of age 38.
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Title: 70 Years of Youth Revolt
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 21, 2020
Type: TV
A look back at the social movements, revolts and youth subcultures from the post-war period to the present day: after the World War II, the left-bank of Paris became a mecca for jazz and alternative living, youth culture was born with trailblazing American movies, and rock became the soundtrack to a generation that wanted to change everything.
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Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
Title: Keith Haring: Street Art Boy
Character: Self
Released: July 4, 2020
Type: Movie
In the 1980s Keith Haring blazed a trail through the galleries and nightclubs of downtown New York's art scene. Rebellious and ingenious, Haring chose to operate both inside and outside the art world. Inspired by the city's graffiti scene, he made New York's subways, tarpaulins and walls his canvas. This new feature documentary blends stunning archive and an edgy soundtrack, with tender and candid first-hand accounts of Haring. It tells the extraordinary story of an artist who lived and created with a boundless energy, throughout the social, cultural and political counter-revolution of the 1980s.
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Keith Haring 1989 Barcelona
Title: Keith Haring 1989 Barcelona
Released: November 3, 2019
Type: Movie
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Keith Haring Uncovered
Title: Keith Haring Uncovered
Character: Himself
Released: August 16, 2016
Type: Movie
In 1984 American artist Keith Haring visited Australia & created a mural in Collingwood, Melbourne. This is the story of the mural which is now one of only 31 known murals by Haring that are still in existence worldwide.
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B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Title: B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979-1989
Character: Self
Released: February 5, 2015
Type: Movie
The wild West Berlin of the 1980s became the creative melting pot of pop subcultures: music, art and chaos. Before the Iron Curtain fell, anything and everything seemed possible.
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Keith Haring: The Message
Title: Keith Haring: The Message
Character: Himself
Released: April 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Keith Haring: The Message was released in conjunction with the Keith Haring retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. Directed by famed designer, Madonna stylist and Haring confidante Maripol, The Message goes pretty deep into both the artist and the city and times he’ll forever be identified with: New York City, circa the 1980s. The focus, as the title indicates, is upon the “struggles that animated” Keith Haring’s work, his activism – in a word, his “message.”
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Con Artist
Title: Con Artist
Character: Self
Released: November 12, 2010
Type: Movie
A docu-comedy feature film about a once-famous millionaire "business artist" forced to confront his own legendarily obnoxious behavior, while trying to find love through fame.
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The Universe of Keith Haring
Title: The Universe of Keith Haring
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 1, 2008
Type: Movie
A portrait of New York artist Keith Haring. The film looks to Haring as an artistic role model for his preternatural talent, of course, but also for his infectious lust for life that had him as committed to social activism and teaching children as to his latest painting.
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Maestro
Title: Maestro
Character: Himself
Released: February 22, 2003
Type: Movie
Maestro, tells the story of how a group of people found refuge and a call for life outside the mainstream. What evolved was a scene that set the ground work for what was to come in dance music culture worldwide, a rare insight into the secret underground world. It's the first time this story is told in a motion Picture, included in the film are pioneer dance music DJs and producers, "founding fathers", its center being Larry Levan, as well as high-profile DJs of today. Opting for a more personal and candid approach, MAESTRO shows the true history of the people through a realistic creative aesthetic. Tracing the underground's dance origin, MAESTRO brings out a real understanding of this intense lifestyle, and the lives they lived and died for. Written by Anonymous
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Nelson Sullivan's World Of Wonder
Title: Nelson Sullivan's World Of Wonder
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Tells the story of Nelson Sullivan who was the unofficial video documentary filmmaker of the late 1980s downtown New York nightlife and LGBTQ+ community, with extensive archival segments directed by Sullivan himself.
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Silence = Death
Title: Silence = Death
Character: Himself
Released: February 16, 1990
Type: Movie
AIDS victims and activists cope with hardship and society’s ignorance.
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Decade
Title: Decade
Character: Self
Released: December 9, 1989
Type: Movie
Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they reflect on the 1980s.
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Bye Bye Kipling
Title: Bye Bye Kipling
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
This ambitious live satellite link-up of Japan, Korea and the United States features interviews with Keith Haring and architect Arata Isozaki, and performances and works by Philip Glass and the Kodo Drummers, Charlotte Moorman, Nam June Paik, and Lou Reed. In an extraordinary section, a performance in Japan of classical Western music is accompanied by a group of Kabuki dancers.
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Babies, Snakes and Barking Dogs: Keith Haring in Australia
Title: Babies, Snakes and Barking Dogs: Keith Haring in Australia
Released: June 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Rare documentary chronicling Keith Haring's visit to Australia in 1984, including working and painting at the National Gallery of Victoria and the New South Wales Art Gallery.
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Bill T. Jones: Four Duets
Title: Bill T. Jones: Four Duets
Character: Self
Released: October 4, 1982
Type: Movie
On four consecutive evenings between September 30 and October 3, 1982, Award-winning choreographer/dancer Bill T. Jones presented four dance pieces at The Kitchen. The documentation of those dances represents a snapshot of the early 1980s dance scene.
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Video Tape for Two Monitors
Title: Video Tape for Two Monitors
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Two Keith Harings—one on a TV screen, the other sitting in front of the TV—recite a number of words.
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Lick Fat Boys
Title: Lick Fat Boys
Released: April 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Video and language artwork by Keith Haring