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Portrait of Jason (1967)

4.63

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1h 45m

Running Time

September 29, 1967
Release Date

Portrait of Jason (1967)

Name: Portrait of Jason
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1967-09-29
Rating: 4.63

4.63

/ 10

8 User Ratings

1h 45m

Running Time

September 29, 1967
Release Date

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Plot.

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.

Where to Watch.

Subs

Free

Currently Portrait of Jason is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel, OVID, Kanopy

Streaming in:
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Cast & Crew.

Jason Holliday

Himself

Shirley Clarke

Interviewer (voice) / Director / Editor / Producer

Carl Lee

Interviewer #2 (voice)

Francis Daniel

Sound

Jeri Sopanen

Director of Photography

Media.

Details.

Release Date
September 29, 1967

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 45m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

lgbt

woman director

black lgbt

preserved film

Wiki.

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

In 2015, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".