Losing Ground (1982 film)
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Portrait of Jason is a 1967 documentary film directed, produced and edited by Shirley Clarke and starring Jason Holliday (né Aaron Payne, 1924–1998).
Portrait of Jason: Directed by Shirley Clarke. With Jason Holliday, Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee. Black gay prostitute Jason Holliday is rigorously interviewed on his story and character, revealing nuanced truths about life and art.
May 2, 2013 · The same uncertainty lies at the heart of Shirley Clarke's Portrait of Jason, an extraordinary 1967 nonfiction film that's just been rereleased in a fabulous restored version from...
Apr 18, 2013 · Jason Holliday was a black aspiring performer in 1960s New York — he was also openly gay, when that wasn't safe. Holliday is the subject of Shirley Clarke's 1967 documentary, Portrait of...
Portrait of Jason. Directed by Shirley Clarke • 1967 • United States. Starring Jason Holliday. On the night of December 2, 1966, Shirley Clarke and a tiny crew convened in her apartment at the Hotel Chelsea to make a film.
This cinema vérité portrait of Jason Holliday, a 33-year-old black male prostitute who dreams of a career as a nightclub entertainer, is drawn from 12 consecutive hours of filming in a New York City apartment.
Apr 17, 2013 · In “Portrait of Jason,” Clarke invests herself in Holliday’s tales as a meticulous yet passionate insider; it’s as if she and he were involved in a mutual possession, Clarke unfolding her own...
Mar 17, 2017 · At the time of its release in 1967, Clarke’s experimental documentary Portrait of Jason screened for almost three months straight at the New Cinema Playhouse in Manhattan, and later played the festival circuit.
Black gay prostitute Jason Holliday is rigorously interviewed on his story and character, revealing nuanced truths about life and art.
Portrait of Jason. Selected by the Documentary Branch. On December 3, 1966, documentarian Shirley Clarke and her partner, actor Carl Lee, spent 12 hours interviewing cabaret performer Jason Holliday about his life, in Clarke’s Hotel Chelsea apartment.
