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Sep 29, 1967
108 min
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Portrait of Jason (1967)

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.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Graeme Ferguson Productions Shirley Clarke Productions

Jason Holliday

Self

Shirley Clarke

Self - Interviewer (voice)

Carl Lee

Self - Interviewer #2 (voice)

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