Chameleon Street

There really was a William Douglas Street, a con man from the streets of Detroit who bluffed his way into numerous high-profile positions, teaching himself along the way as a reporter for Time magazine, a hospital intern, and a lawyer working for the Detroit Human Rights Commission. Wendell B. Harris Jr. writes, directs and stars as Street, whose story becomes a metaphor for the barriers of class and race in modern America. It won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1990 Sundance Film Festival but remains almost unknown. Hopefully this new edition will help expose audiences of this accomplished and witty indie film. Features commentary by critic Armond White (who also contributes the liner notes) and filmmaker Michael Reiter, the new 25-minute documentary "The Process" (featuring deleted scenes, video footage of actor interviews and rehearsals, and behind-the-scenes footage from a video assist camera), and other supplements.