Portrait of Jason

1967·108'

Shirley Clarke

Documentary

English

Letterboxd TMDB #83232

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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.

Cast

Jason Holliday Self Shirley Clarke Self - Interviewer (voice) Carl Lee Self - Interviewer #2 (voice)

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