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Portrait of Jason

Portrait of Jason

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 29, 1967

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

66%

Original Title

Portrait of Jason

Production Companies

Graeme Ferguson Productions, Shirley Clarke Productions

Director

Shirley Clarke

Description

Interview with Jason Holliday aka Aaron Payne. House-boy, would-be cabaret performer, and self-proclaimed hustler giving one man's gin-soaked, pill-popped view of what it was like to be black and gay in 1960s United States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Milestone Films in 2013.