P.S. Burn This Letter Please

2020

1 hr. 41 min.

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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.

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A proper rating would fit if "letter" were switched to "movie". Amazon has some VERY poor choices.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Very important documentation of an era with heartwarming message for the new generation of the LGBTQ community

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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adam b

Is it wrong that I just didn't care about any of this? I'm sure to the LGBTQ community, it could be interesting but even then, is it? I've seen enough documentaries or films to know how life was like for the gay community back then. I didn't need to hear it from random individuals that really had nothing interesting to say other than "SHE WAS GORGEOUS WHEN SHE WORE THAT DRESS. HER LEGS WERE TO DIE FOR".

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Really, this is one of the best and little known documentaries of the year. Search it out and find it, you won't regret it. In one word it's just simply ‘fabulous'.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Michael Seligman

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Jennifer Tiexiera

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Michael Seligman

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Craig Olsen

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Michael Seligman

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Robert Daniels

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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.

Apr 26, 2020

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Sheri Linden

Hollywood Reporter

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.

Apr 24, 2020

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David Reddish

Queerty

PS Burn This Letter Please digs deep, paying homage to the generations of LGBTQ people that came before us, and drawing a line from our current thriving culture to a time of thriving underground.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 20, 2022

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Carey-Ann Pawsey

Orca Sound

Film is a beautiful thing when it gives voice to the typically voiceless and educates while entertaining.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 28, 2021

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Sarah Boslaugh

TheArtsStl

The letters themselves are the real gems of this documentary-they're funny and insightful and uninhibited in a way that people can be when they know they are writing to someone who will understand, and whom they can trust.

Rated: 7/10

Apr 20, 2021

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James Hanton

Outtake Mag

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.

Rated: 5 / 5

Mar 22, 2021

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera
Executive Producer: Jessica Bendinger, Richard Konigsberg, Eric Szmanda
Screenwriter: Michael Seligman
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 4, 2021

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