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Portrait of Jason is a american film of genre Documentary directed by Shirley Clarke released in USA on 29 september 1967 with Carl Lee

Portrait of Jason (1967)

Portrait of Jason
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Released in USA 29 september 1967
Length 1h45
Directed by
OriginUSA
Rating70% 3.5378253.5378253.5378253.5378253.537825

Portrait of Jason is a 1967 documentary film directed, produced and edited by Shirley Clarke and starring Jason Holliday (né Aaron Payne, 1924-1998).

Synopsis

A gay African-American hustler and aspiring cabaret performer, Jason is the sole on-screen presence in the film. He narrates his troubled life story to the camera, behind which Clarke and her partner at the time, actor Carl Lee, provoke and berate Jason with increasing hostility as the film progresses. The film employs avant-garde and cinéma vérité techniques to reach the tragedy underlying Jason's theatrical, exaggerated persona.

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Carl Lee

(Interviewer #2 (voice))Shirley Clarke

(Interviewer (voice))
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