# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Out of the Archive: CHAMELEON STREET
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 06 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Out of the Archive

Arrive hungry at 6:15pm for a pre-screening meal catered from Jimmy Jack's Rib Shack | plus post-screening discussion

"Chameleon Street exists as a gloriously strange one-off that deserves to be appreciated by a new generation sure to delight in its rich palette of cinematic reference, humour and formal invention."—Ashley Clark, Sight and Sound

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 versatile 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” (BFI) long overdue to take its rightful place in the independent film Canon.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/iowa-city/out-of-the-archive-chameleon-street/200029580615925
- **Event Categories**: art, entertainment, sports, festivals, workshops, theatre, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 12

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Iowa City
- **state**: IA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: FilmScene (at The Chauncey)
- **lat**: 41.65914
- **long**: -91.52987
- **full address**: FilmScene (at The Chauncey), 404 E College St, Iowa City, IA 52240-1851, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Out of the Archive: CHAMELEON STREET being held?
  - **A:** Out of the Archive: CHAMELEON STREET takes place on Mon, 06 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Mon, 06 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm at FilmScene (at The Chauncey), 404 E College St, Iowa City, IA 52240-1851, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Out of the Archive: CHAMELEON STREET?
  - **A:** Out of the Archive: CHAMELEON STREET is organized by FilmScene.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Out of the Archive: CHAMELEON STREET is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Iowa City, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Out of the Archive: CHAMELEON STREET sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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