"Chameleon Street is a true original, an offbeat and satiric film which makes its points with deadly accuracy. Based on the true exploits of William Douglas Street, a (black) native of Detroit, this film follows his amazing story. Street spent fourteen years impersonating doctors, lawyers, athletes, and other professionals, spending time in and out of jail as a result. (As portrayed by Wendell Harris, also the film's director,) he moves in and out of a succession of personalities like a chameleon, shedding his identity whenever it is convenient, literally becoming another person. This bravura lands him in a number of awkward and at times hilarious situations...which the film details with telling insight. Street ultimately remains an enigma, but Harris turns him into a metaphor. Unable to accept who and what he is, Street erases his personality to survive." --Piers Handling, Toronto Festival '89