Chameleon Street (1991)

"I Think, Therefore I Scam."Movie
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Chameleon Street
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StarringWendell B. Harris Jr.Angela LeslieAmina Fakir
DirectorWendell B. Harris Jr.
WriterWendell B. Harris Jr.
R 1 hr 34 minApr 24th, 1991Drama, Comedy, Crime
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Plot
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 versatile direction from multi-hyphenate actor-writer-director Wendell B. Harris Jr., the film pins a lens on race, class and performance in American identity, which has lost none of its relevance. At once piercingly funny and aesthetically mischievous, Chameleon Street is a “lost masterpiece of Black American cinema” (BFI) long overdue to take its rightful place in the independent film canon.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:April 24th, 1991
On DVD & Blu-ray:December 18th, 2007 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Helen Boulware Harris
Production Companies:Gathsemane 84, Prismatic Images, Films Around The World, Filmworld International Productions
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