Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Portrait of Jason [videorecording] / a film by Shirley Clarke.

Publisher, Date:

[Harrington Park, N.J.] : Milestone Film & Video ; [New York, N.Y.] : Exclusively distributed by Oscilloscope, 2014.

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

As he reminisces about his life, Holliday discusses his homosexuality and the gay subcultures in San Francisco and New York. He jokes with the off-screen filmmaker and crew and maintains a sense of humor even as he recalls hustling, heroin addiction, and jail time. Holliday also performs for the camera, impersonating female entertainers and movie personalities such as Mae West, Butterfly McQueen, and Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the wind.

Series:

Milestone Cinematheque

Project Shirley ; volume 2

Milestone cinematheque.

Project Shirley ; v. 2.

Subjects:

Holliday, Jason, 1924- -- Interviews.

African American gays -- United States -- Interviews.

Male prostitutes -- United States -- Interviews.

Male prostitution -- United States.

Experimental films.

Biographical films.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Clarke, Shirley, 1919-1997.

Holliday, Jason, 1924-1998

Milestone Film & Video.

Oscilloscope Pictures.

Notes:

Title from container.

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).

Features Jason Holliday.

DVD.

English SDH subtitles for the hearing impaired (feature film).

ISBN:

9781933920634

1933920637

9786315678226 : DVD

631567822X : DVD

Publisher Number:

Mile00141

Other Number:

890139758

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

457554

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD BIO Holliday

Medium:

[videorecording]