Portrait of Jason

1h 45m
Documentary
6.5

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.

Cast

Jason Holliday
Himself
Shirley Clarke
Interviewer (voice)
Carl Lee
Interviewer #2 (voice)

Crew

Shirley Clarke
Director, Editor, Producer
Jeri Sopanen
Director of Photography
Francis Daniel
Sound

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