Portrait of Jason (1967)

Directors

Shirley Clarke

Cast

Carl Lee, Jason Holliday, Shirley Clarke

The story

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 expose the tragedy underlying Jason's theatrical, exaggerated persona.

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