Jason and Shirley Revisited (2025)
A radical revisitation. This updated version of Stephen Winter’s 2015 film unearths the ghosts of Jason and Shirley, restaging the volatile 12-hour shoot of the 1967 documentary Portrait of Jason—held at the Chelsea Hotel—which blurred the line between subject and storyteller. Jason Holliday, a sharp-witted Black gay man, whose identity splits between personas–performer, hustler, muse, provocateur–is once again in the room with Shirley Clarke, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who insisted on framing his life. Now, with newly unearthed footage, the director returns 10 years later, not to resolve the contradictions, but to reopen them. What was once a document becomes a haunting, a conversation with what was left outside the frame. Time folds. Power shifts. And Jason, still impossible to contain, speaks back.
Cast
Screenplay
- Sarah Schulman (Screenplay)
- Jack Waters (Screenplay)
- Stephen Winter (Screenplay)
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Jason and Shirley Revisited about?
- A radical revisitation. This updated version of Stephen Winter’s 2015 film unearths the ghosts of Jason and Shirley, restaging the volatile 12-hour shoot of the 1967 documentary Portrait of Jason—held at the Chelsea Hotel—which blurred the line between subject and storyteller. Jason Holliday, a sharp-witted Black gay man, whose identity splits between personas–performer, hustler, muse, provocateur–is once again in the room with Shirley Clarke, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who insisted on framing his life. Now, with newly unearthed footage, the director returns 10 years later, not to resolve the contradictions, but to reopen them. What was once a document becomes a haunting, a conversation with what was left outside the frame. Time folds. Power shifts. And Jason, still impossible to contain, speaks back.
- Who directed Jason and Shirley Revisited?
- Jason and Shirley Revisited was directed by Stephen Winter.
- Who stars in Jason and Shirley Revisited?
- Jason and Shirley Revisited stars Jack Waters, Sarah Schulman, Orran Farmer, Eamon Fahey, Mike Bailey-Gates.
- How long is Jason and Shirley Revisited?
- Jason and Shirley Revisited has a runtime of 1h 24m (84 minutes).