Portrait of Jason /
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.
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English; closed-captioned in English. |
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[Harrington Park, N.J.] :
Milestone Film & Video ;
[2014]
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| Series: | Milestone cinematheque.
Project Shirley ; v. 2. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released in 1967; re-released in 2013; re-released with additional features in 2014. "Restoration by the Academy Film Archive, Milestone Films and Modern Videofilm"--Container. 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). Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Blu-ray disc. |
| Production Credits: | Photography, Jeri Sopanen ; edited by Shirley Clarke. |
| ISBN: | 9781933920641 1933920645 |