Dear Jesse (1997)
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, 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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Domestic DistributorCowboy Pictures
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Domestic Opening$1,508
Earliest Release DateJune 26, 1998
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Running Time1 hr 22 min
GenresDocumentary
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Tim Kirkman | Director |
| Tim Kirkman | Writer |
| Tim Kirkman | Producer |
| Mary Beth Mann | Producer |
| Mike Morley | Producer |
| John Crooke | Composer |
| Norwood Cheek | Cinematographer |
| Ashley McKinney | Cinematographer |
| Joe Klotz | Editor |
| Cast | Role |
|---|---|
| Nathan A. Barbour | |
| Karen Brown | |
| Patsy Clarke | |
| Hal Crowther |
