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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Milestone Film & Video
Other Authors: Clarke, Shirley, 1919-1997 (Director), Holliday, Jason, 1924-1998 (Performer)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:English
Language Notes:In English; closed-captioned in English.
Published: [Harrington Park, N.J.] : Milestone Film & Video ; [2014]
Series:Milestone cinematheque.
Project Shirley ; v. 2.
Subjects:
Description
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.
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