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Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (2007)

Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe (2007)

Documentary
Release Date: 2007, May 1
Directors: James Crump
Countries: Germany, United States of America
Production: Arthouse Films, Oscilloscope
Cast: John Richardson, Dick Cavett, Tony Smith, Dominick Dunne, Patti Smith, John Szarkowski, Robert Mapplethorpe, Philippe Garner, John Giorno, Ingrid Sischy, Joan Juliet Buck, Sam Wagstaff

Overview:

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.