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Movie Info

A box of letters, held in secret for nearly 60 years, ignites a five-year exploration into a part of LGBTQ+ history that has never been told.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera
Producer:

Craig Olsen, Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera
Writer:

Michael Seligman
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 4, 2021
Runtime:

1h 41m

Cast & Crew

Joe E. Jeffreys
Self

Michael Seligman
Director

Jennifer Tiexiera
Director

Michael Seligman
Writer

Craig Olsen
Producer

Michael Seligman
Producer

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Critic Reviews for P.S. Burn This Letter Please

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (1)

P.S. Burn This Letter Please [has] a wellspring of pleasure and intimacy while recounting the gay scene of New York and the broader United States.

April 26, 2020 | Full Review…

Robert Daniels
812filmreviews
The resulting documentary is a delightful and affecting oral history, chronicling a specifically New York chapter in the story of gay life in the United States.

April 24, 2020 | Full Review…

Sheri Linden
Hollywood Reporter
An essential foray into a forgotten history of identity, rebellion, and art ... this documentary is a testimony to the deeply human drive to flourish against all odds.

March 22, 2021 | Rating: 5 / 5 | Full Review…

James Hanton
Outtake Mag
Despite some flaws, P.S. Burn This Letter Please is best enjoyed as a compilation of anecdotes and personal stories, rather than a comprehensive historical account of New York City drag queen life in the 1950s and 1960s.

January 19, 2021 | Full Review…

Carla Hay
Culture Mix
A love letter to a generation of pioneers that's witty and pretty (and plenty gay), this deserves to become an instant classic.

September 9, 2020 | Full Review…

Manuel Betancourt
That Shelf
The film shines an important light into a part of LGBTQ history that has been disregarded.

September 2, 2020 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Frank J. Avella
Edge Media Network
This FABULOUS documentary uncovers the drag queens behind a set of letters found in a storage unit written in the 1950s. A rare, touching, and fabulous look at the drag scene in NYC in the late 50s. Highly recommend!

August 25, 2020 | Full Review…

Andrew Galdi
Movie Bitches
P.S. Burn This Letter Please's strength lies in allowing its subjects to use their personal experiences to give the audience a deeper understanding of the time.

May 15, 2020 | Full Review…

Marisa Carpico
The Pop Break
Through text narrated from the original letters and interviews with the characters behind the stories, the directors offer a fascinating glimpse into a world that few outside of this social circle knew existed.

May 12, 2020 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…

Chuck Foster
Film Threat
...a delight of a drag kiki...

May 7, 2020 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Glenn Dunks
The Film Experience
A crucial, necessary work.

May 5, 2020 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…

Nathanael Hood
The Young Folks
There's also little acknowledgment of any other decade besides the 80s, when AIDS tore into the community with the force of a destructive tornado. Such neglect of the some the rich characters who go underexplored in the film feels like a crime itself.

April 29, 2020 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Andrea Thompson
A Reel of One's Own