Portrait of Jason

108 mins
8 / 10 (551)
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Synopsis

On December 2, 1966, director Shirley Clarke and a film crew gathered at the Chelsea Hotel. Bestowed for 12 hours with the one-and-only Jason Holliday, Clarke confronted the iconic performer about his good times and bad behavior as a gay hustler, on-and-off houseboy and aspiring cabaret performer.

MUBI's take

American independent Shirley Clarke’s vérité masterpiece, this wily portrait of a flamboyant hustler hinges on its subject’s supple and shape-shifting persona. Both a fascinating window into the life of a Black gay man in America and a clever interrogation of cinematic artifice and complicity.

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