Portrait of Jason

Storyline

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.

• Released

  1967

• Runtime

  1h 45min

• Director

  Shirley Clarke

Genre

Documentary

• Status

  Released

• Language

  English

• Production

  Graeme Ferguson Productions, Shirley Clarke Productions