The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, whose lives (and performances) we peek into.

A video-film by Wonder Product

Video project dubbed "an Opera without Words" made by the experimental, avant-garde band Tuxedomoon.