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Product Description Arbelos Films presents CHAMELEON STREET - "One of the greatest independent films of the twentieth century." - The New Yorker 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 William Douglas Street Jr., 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 which has lost none of its relevance. At once piercingly funny and aesthetically mischievous, CHAMELEON STREET is a lost masterpiece finally securing its rightful place in the independent film canon. Specs: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1. DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono. Region code: A. Special Features: New 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative . New audio commentary featuring Wendell B. Harris Jr. and Ashley Clark. New audio commentary featuring cast and crew . Marriage Counseling - The evolution of a scene . Being Independent is Glorious - An archival conversation featuring Harris and Mike Plante. Archival video interview with William Douglas Street Jr. The Process - Archival documentary on the making of CHAMELEON STREET. So, You Say You Know Leadbelly… - Archival footage from CHAMELEON STREET pre-production character explorations. Original theatrical trailer. 2021 U.S theatrical trailer. Review A triple-threat filmmaker of orginal and eccentric talent. --New York Times Chameleon Street is a gloriously strange one-off that deserves to be appreciated by a new generation…a lost masterpiece of black American cinema. --Bfi The film addresses issues of race, economics, sex, anger and pride in ways that are both savagely funny and poignant. --Rolling Stone