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Jason and Shirley

2015 · 79 min · Drama

Based on a true story, Jason and Shirley recreates the 1966 power struggle between Jewish, Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Shirley Clarke and her subject, Jason Holiday, a fierce black gay queen over a 12-hour marathon filming session which gave rise to Clarke's iconic documentary Portrait of Jason.

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Stephen Winter — Director

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Jack Waters portraitJack WatersJasonSarah Schulman portraitSarah SchulmanShirleyEEamon FaheyNicoOOrran FarmerCarl LeePeter Cramer portraitPeter CramerMatronTony Torn portraitTony TornSaulEEthan ShoshanNatty SuitNNicola GorhamOmmmmmmPPaul Mpagi SepuyaCool CatBryan Webster portraitBryan WebsterCandy Man

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