Mapplethorpe (2018)

Biography, Drama, General Film, WDW

Director: Ondi Timoner

Writer(s): Ondi Timoner, Mikko Alanne, Bruce Goodrich

Starring: Matt Smith, Hari Nef, John Benjamin Hickey, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mark Moses, Carolyn McCormick, Marianne Rendón, Kerry Butler, Tina Benko, McKinley Belcher III, Rotimi Paul, Brandon Sklenar, Karan Oberoi, Mickey O’Hagan, John Bolton, Thomas Philip O’Neill, Karlee Perez, Kenya Brome, Christina Rouner, Jason Lopez, Rhett Kalman, Anthony Michael Lopez, Laura Hart, Gurdeep Singh, McManus Woodend, Logan Smith, Aiden Linkov, Gordon Tashjian, Jorge Humberto Hoyos, Erick Huertas, Shaun Allen, Ian Michael Stone, Iphy Murphy, Dwayne Townsend, Martin Axon, Eric William McGlynn Ruszkowski, Jacqueline Honulik

Synopsis: A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.

Release Date: April 22, 2018 (USA) | Length: 102 min | Genre: Biography, Drama | MPAA Rating: Unknown | Note(s): Premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018. I can’t prove if the Dwayne Townsend in this film is the choreographer by the same name.