Chameleon Street
One of the "Greatest Independent Films of the Twentieth Century" - The New Yorker Among "the 75 greatest movies by Black directors" - Slate One of the "50 Best Movie Performances of the ’80s" - IndieWire 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, which has lost none of its relevance. At once piercingly funny and aesthetically mischievous, Chameleon Street is a "lost masterpiece of Black American cinema” (Sight and Sound) long overdue to take its rightful place in the independent film canon. Chameleon Street, gorgeously restored in 4K for its 35 anniversary, plays ONE DAY ONLY on February 18 at The Grand.ComedyPT1H34MR2025-02-18Wendell B. Harris Jr.
Angela Leslie
Amina Fakir
Wendell B. Harris Jr.
Dan Lawton
Chameleon Street"Chameleon Street"Showtimes
February 18, 1:30 pm
February 18, 7:00 pm
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