6.5

Portrait of Jason

Name: Portrait of Jason
Director: Shirley Clarke
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1967-09-29T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Jason Holliday, Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee

19671h 45m

Documentary

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.