Portrait of Jason (1967)
Directed by Shirley Clarke · 108 min · Documentary
23.2 TOPICAL score · #4,195 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Portrait of Jason (1967, directed by Shirley Clarke) has a TOPICAL score of 23.2 - ranked 4,195 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on critics and audience, and lowest on awards. Critics: 100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.7/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.6/10 (45 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 6 languages, and the Library of Congress chose it for the National Film Registry.
Why this score
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- Critics100% on Rotten Tomatoes · 8.7/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.6/10 (45 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 6 languages · National Film Registry
- Still read1,443 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Jason Holliday, Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee