Portrait of Jason

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. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Milestone Films in 2013.

Director: Shirley Clarke

Cast: Jason Holliday, Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.