P.S. Burn This Letter is presented as part of Peterborough Pride 2021!
A box of letters, held in secret for nearly 60 years, ignites a 5-year exploration into a part of LGBT history that has never been told. The letters, written in the 1950s by a group of New York City drag queens, open a window into a forgotten world where being yourself meant breaking the law and where the penalties for “masquerading” as a woman were swift and severe. Using original interviews, never-before-seen archival footage and photographs and stylized recreations, P.S. BURN THIS LETTER PLEASE reconstructs this pre-Stonewall era as Lennie, Robbie, George, Michael, Jim, Henry, Claude, Tish and Terry—former drag queens now in their 80s and 90s—reveal how they survived and somehow flourished at a time when drag queens were both revered and reviled, even within the gay community. The government sought to destroy them, then history tried to erase them, now they get to tell their story for the first time.
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Pride Week 2021 is September 17th to 26th – Mark your calendar and join the celebration!
The Peterborough/Nogojiwanong Pride Week 2021 theme is “Change Starts Here”. We invite everyone to embrace the theme and participate in Pride Week in whatever way works for them!
Check out all the other pride events here: http://peterboroughpride.ca/
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ReFrame is a social justice documentary film festival that offers year-round screenings and an annual festival every January.
Watch ReFrame films from the comfort of your home: https://watch.eventive.org/reframesummerseries/
- Year2020
- Runtime100 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorMICHAEL SELIGMAN & JENNIFER TIEXIERA
- ProducerMICHAEL SELIGMAN, JENNIFER TIEXIERA, CRAIG OLSEN
- CinematographerZACHARY SHIELDS
- EditorJENNIFER TIEXIERA, ALEX BOHS
- MusicJONATHAN KIRKSCEY
P.S. Burn This Letter is presented as part of Peterborough Pride 2021!
A box of letters, held in secret for nearly 60 years, ignites a 5-year exploration into a part of LGBT history that has never been told. The letters, written in the 1950s by a group of New York City drag queens, open a window into a forgotten world where being yourself meant breaking the law and where the penalties for “masquerading” as a woman were swift and severe. Using original interviews, never-before-seen archival footage and photographs and stylized recreations, P.S. BURN THIS LETTER PLEASE reconstructs this pre-Stonewall era as Lennie, Robbie, George, Michael, Jim, Henry, Claude, Tish and Terry—former drag queens now in their 80s and 90s—reveal how they survived and somehow flourished at a time when drag queens were both revered and reviled, even within the gay community. The government sought to destroy them, then history tried to erase them, now they get to tell their story for the first time.
~~~
Pride Week 2021 is September 17th to 26th – Mark your calendar and join the celebration!
The Peterborough/Nogojiwanong Pride Week 2021 theme is “Change Starts Here”. We invite everyone to embrace the theme and participate in Pride Week in whatever way works for them!
Check out all the other pride events here: http://peterboroughpride.ca/
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ReFrame is a social justice documentary film festival that offers year-round screenings and an annual festival every January.
Watch ReFrame films from the comfort of your home: https://watch.eventive.org/reframesummerseries/
- Year2020
- Runtime100 minutes
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorMICHAEL SELIGMAN & JENNIFER TIEXIERA
- ProducerMICHAEL SELIGMAN, JENNIFER TIEXIERA, CRAIG OLSEN
- CinematographerZACHARY SHIELDS
- EditorJENNIFER TIEXIERA, ALEX BOHS
- MusicJONATHAN KIRKSCEY
