Shirley Clarke’s groundbreaking and searing 1967 documentary "Portrait of Jason," after years of neglect, was restored to its full glory, with the new remastered version premiering last year at the Berlin International Film festival.
As Katrina Griffith said in her review of the film last year (HERE) “more than just a comment on the limits of representing reality, Portrait of Jason is a wonderful example of how minorities, be it Blacks, gays or the poor, act out their difference in order to safely live alongside those with privilege."
And as Tambay said about it: "filmed over the course of one night at the Chelsea Hotel, in…
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