Chameleon Street
| Chameleon Street | |
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| Directed by | Wendell B. Harris Jr. |
| Written by | Wendell B. Harris Jr. |
| Starring | Wendell B. Harris Jr. |
| Music by | Peter S. Moore |
Release dates |
13 September 1989, (premiere at TIFF) 24 April 1990 (NYC) |
Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Chameleon Street is a 1989 independent film written by, directed by and starring Wendell B. Harris, Jr.. It tells the story of a social chameleon who impersonates reporters, doctors and lawyers in order to make money.
The film is a satire based on the life of Detroit con artist and high-school drop-out William Douglas Street, Jr., who successfully impersonated professional reporters, lawyers, athletes, extortionists, and surgeons, going so far as to perform more than 36 successful hysterectomies. A Sundance Film Festival press release in 2008 described it as "one of the first films to examine how mellifluously race, class, and role-playing morph into the social fabric of America."[1] Chameleon Street won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival.
References
- ↑ sex, lies, and videotape and Chameleon Street selected for 25th Sundance Film Festival From the Collection Screenings.
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| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by True Love |
Sundance Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic 1990 |
Succeeded by Poison |