Portrait of Jason(1967)

Name: Portrait of Jason
Director: Shirley Clarke
Released: 1967-09-29
Rating: 6.438
Cast: Jason Holliday, Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee

09/29/1967 (US)Documentary1h 45m

6.4

Overview

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.

Shirley Clarke

Director