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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Chameleon Street
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Part of the series The Black Book

Chameleon Street

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Based on a true story, this underrated gem of American independent cinema tells the story of Doug Street, a Detroit man who becomes an extraordinary chameleon, successfully posing as an attorney, a Yale student, a Time magazine correspondent, and a practicing surgeon. This sardonic critique of race and class won the 1990 Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. (1989, dir. Wendell B. Harris, 94 min.)

A Q&A with Tisa Bryant and Ernest Hardy follows.

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