Portrait of Jason

Name: Portrait of Jason
Director: Shirley Clarke
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1967-09-29
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Jason Holliday, Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee

Directed by Shirley Clarke

Documentary

19671h 45m6.5

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.