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Introduced by David Marriott, Cofounder, Arbelos Films
New Restoration
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A landmark look at race and class, Wendell B. Harris's Chameleon Street is a can't-miss experience, especially in this new restoration!
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival, Chameleon Street tells the next-to-impossible-to-believe true story of Douglas Street, a Michigan con man who managed to pass himself off as a Time magazine reporter, a Yale student, a surgeon, and a corporate lawyer before the law caught up with him. Writer-director Wendell B. Harris also starred in this hilarious and insightful look at how one African American man repeatedly transformed himself to navigate a white America. (94 mins., 4K)
Chameleon Street | Image courtesy of Arbelos Films
Newly restored by Arbelos Films in 4K from the original camera negative under the supervision of Wendell B. Harris, Jr.
FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY Cardinal Health Kaufman Development
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Rohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY The Wexner Family Greater Columbus Arts Council The Columbus Foundation Ohio Arts Council American Electric Power Foundation L Brands Foundation Adam Flatto Mary and C. Robert Kidder Bill and Sheila Lambert Institute of Museum and Library Services Nationwide Foundation Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease Arlene and Michael Weiss
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Mike and Paige Crane Pete Scantland Axium Packaging Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams President Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica Meinhard Nancy Kramer Huntington Lisa Barton Johanna DeStefano Russell and Joyce Gertmenian Liza Kessler and Greg Henchel Ron and Ann Pizzuti Joyce and Chuck Shenk Bruce and Joy Soll Clark and Sandra Swanson Jones Day
Past Film/Video
Chameleon Street
