Portrait of Jason

Name: Portrait of Jason
Released: 1967

Shirley Clarke

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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.

Year1967

CountryUnited States

DirectorShirley Clarke

MovementNew Hollywood

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