Jason and Shirley (2015)

Directed by

Stephen Winter

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

2.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film reimagines the making of a 1967 documentary about a Black gay performer. It follows the tense and creative interactions between the documentary director and her subject.

historicaldramaticwryunconventionalmetaintimateplayfulnostalgicthought-provoking

What happens

Jason and Shirley is a 2015 drama comedy fantasy film directed by Stephen Winter. The film is a historical re-imagining that revisits the making of Shirley Clarke's 1967 documentary Portrait of Jason. The film premiered at the 2015 BAMcinemaFest at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and went on to screen at Frameline, Outfest, Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival, and New Orleans Film Festival. Jason and Shirley's NY theatrical premiere was at the MoMA in October 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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