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

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

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 1, 2007

Runtime

1h 17m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

52%

Original Title

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

Production Companies

Arthouse Films, Oscilloscope

Director

James Crump

Description

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.