UNITED STATES · 1967

Portrait of Jason

Shirley Clarke
New Hollywood woman director lgbt black lgbt
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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.

Year1967
CountryUnited States
DirectorShirley Clarke
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