''P.S. Burn This Letter Please'' is a 2020
documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
about
gay life in New York City among 1950s
drag queen
A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses Drag (entertainment), drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate Femininity, female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. Historically, drag queens have ...
s.
The title is taken verbatim from a
letter
Letter, letters, or literature may refer to:
Characters typeface
* Letter (alphabet), a character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech or none in the case of a silent letter; any of the symbols of an alphabet
* Letterform, the g ...
recounting the autumn 1958 theft of 33 luxurious wigs from the
Metropolitan Opera House.
The film is based on a trove of correspondence found in a storage unit in 2014, and includes archival footage of
cross-dressing ball
Gay balls, cross-dressing balls, pansy balls, or drag balls were (depending on the place, time, and type) public or private balls that were celebrated mainly in the first third of the 20th century, where cross-dressing and ballroom dancing with s ...
s.
See also
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Ed Limato
Edward Frank Limato (July 10, 1936 – July 3, 2010) was an American talent agent and a senior vice president at the William Morris Agency, representing clients such as Michelle Pfeiffer, Nicolas Cage, Mel Gibson, Steve Martin, Diana Ross, Ric ...
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LGBT history in New York
New York (state), New York state, a U.S. state, state in the northeastern United States, has one of the largest and the most prominent LGBTQ populations in the world. Brian Silverman, the author of ''Frommer's New York City from $90 a Day,'' wrot ...
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New York City Drag March
The New York City Drag March, or NYC Drag March, is an annual Drag (clothing), drag Demonstration (political), protest and visibility march taking place in June, the traditional LGBT pride, LGBTQ pride month in New York City. Organized to coincid ...
, shown in 2017 footage at the film's conclusion
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2020 documentary films
2020 films
2020 LGBTQ-related films
American LGBTQ-related documentary films
Drag (entertainment)-related documentary films
Documentary films about New York City
2020s American films
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