This cult documentary about a charismatic chain-smoking hustler offers a timeless snapshot of Black queer America.
USA 1967
Dir Shirley Clarke
With Jason Holliday, Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee
105min
Digital
One night in 1967, Jason Holliday, a charismatic chain-smoking hustler, sparred with director Shirley Clarke for 12 hours, resulting in this timeless snapshot of Black queer America, and the race and class divisions that permeated the 1960s. Portrait remains a cult classic with an infamous ethical twist that demonstrates the slippery power relations that often lurk behind documentary filmmaking.