P.S. Burn This Letter Please | |
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Directed by | Michael Seligman Jennifer Tiexiera |
Screenplay by | Michael Seligman Jennifer Tiexiera |
Based on | Correspondence among 1950s drag queens |
Produced by | Michael Seligman Jennifer Tiexiera Craig Olsen |
Cinematography | Zachary Shields |
Edited by | Jennifer Tiexiera Alex Bohs |
Music by | Jonathan Kirkscey |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | United States |
P.S. Burn This Letter Please is a 2020 documentary film about gay life in New York City among 1950s drag queens. [1] [2] The title is taken verbatim from a letter recounting the autumn 1958 theft of 33 luxurious wigs from the Metropolitan Opera House. [3] The film is based on a trove of correspondence found in a storage unit in 2014, and includes archival footage of cross-dressing balls. [4]