Portrait of Jason
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1967-09-29
Runtime: 105 mins
Director: Shirley Clarke
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Portrait of Jason
Production Companies: Graeme Ferguson Productions, Shirley Clarke Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
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