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

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

Patti Smith

Self

Robert Mapplethorpe

Self (archive footage)

Sam Wagstaff

Self (archive footage)

Pierre Apraxine

Self

Dick Cavett

Self (archive footage)

Dominick Dunne

Self (archive footage)

Raymond Foye

Self

Jeffrey Fraenkel

Self - Fraenkel Gallery

Philippe Garner

Self

Ralph Gibson

Self

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

Self - photographer

John Giorno

Self - poet

Director & Crew

Official Trailer

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