1 Movie Starring Karen Brown

Dear Jesse

Dear Jesse

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

82 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (142 Reviews)

Director:

Tim Kirkman

Genres:

Documentary

Fullplot:

Can you go home again? What if you're a gay man and home is a state where voters keep electing a homophobe to the US Senate? In 1996, at age 30, native son Tim Kirkman returns to North Carolina to explore the parallels and differences between himself and Jesse Helms: they're from the same town and college, with media interests, from families blessed by adoptions, Baptists by upbringing. Tim puts his camera in front of his family, a boyhood pal, college friends, his pastor, Helms fans, community activists, novelists Lee Smith and Allan Gurganus, a mayor who's gay, and people in the street, including a brief interview with Matthew Shepard. What is it to judge, and what is it to love?

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