Screen/Society--"Chameleon Street" (Wendell B. Harris Jr., 1990)

Film Screening:

"Chameleon Street"
(Wendell B. Harris Jr., 1990, 94 min, USA, Color, DCP)

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival - yet criminally underseen for over three decades - "Chameleon Street" recounts the improbable but true story of Michigan con man Douglas Street, the titular 'chameleon' who successfully impersonated his way up the socioeconomic ladder by posing as a magazine reporter, an Ivy League student, a respected surgeon, and a corporate lawyer. Elevated by a dexterous performance and daring direction from multi-hyphenate actor-writer-director Wendell B. Harris Jr., the film pins a lens on race, class and performance in American identity - and has lost none of its relevance. New 4K restoration.

View trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad1KSsGhRa8

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