A blank subway ad panel becomes a microphone. In 1980s New York, Keith Haring risks a line without permission, without a gallery, and without a safety net. Christopher and Eric follow the moment where a language begins underground and ask the uncomfortable question it still asks us: if you had two seconds to be seen, what would you draw?

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