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Portrait of Jason (1967)

Directed by Shirley Clarke

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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.

Length 105 minutes

Actors

Jason Holliday | Shirley Clarke | Carl Lee