Portrait of Jason

Portrait of Jason [videorecording] / a film by Shirley Clarke ; a Milestone Film release. , United States - [Harrington Park, N.J.] : [New York, N.Y.] : Milestone Film & Video ; Exclusively distributed by Oscilloscope, [2014], c1967. - 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. - Milestone Cinematheque Project Shirley ; volume 2 . - Milestone cinematheque. Project Shirley ; v. 2. .

"Restoration by the Academy Film Archive, Milestone Films and Modern Videofilm"--Container. Originally released in 1967; re-released in 2013; re-released with additional features in 2014. Special features: The lost confrontation (7 min.); Where's Shirley? (25 min.); Jason in color! (3 min.); Portrait of Jason trailer (2 min.); Jason, before and after (2 min.); Butterfly (1967, 4 min.); Shirley Clarke in underground New York (1967, 10 min.); Jason unleashed (audio outtakes) (35 min.); Pacifica Radio interview with Shirley Clarke [audio only] (1967, 53 min.); Jason Holliday comedy album [audio only] (1967, 54 min.; courtesy of Regina Longo).

Photography, Jeri Sopanen ; edited by Shirley Clarke. Photography, Jeri Sopanen ; edited by Shirley Clarke.

Features Jason Holliday.

This portrait of Jason Holliday, a black gay prostitute who dreams of a career as a nightclub performer, is drawn from twelve consecutive hours of filming in a New York City apartment. The documentary presents a view of what it was like to be coloured and gay in 1960's America.


Blu-ray disc.


In English; closed-captioned in English.

1933920645 9781933920641

784148014159

MileBD00141 Milestone Film & Video


Holliday, Jason, 1924- --Interviews.


African American gays--United States--Interviews.
Male prostitutes--United States--Interviews.
Male prostitution--United States.


Documentary films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Vidéos pour handicapés auditifs.

HQ76.27.A37 / P67 2014b

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