P.S. Burn This Letter Please: Queer Lives on Film--Kanopy Flick of the Month Online
The Newark Public Library LGBTQ+ Resource Center presents Queer Lives on Film, a monthly program celebrating LGBTQ+ stories, voices, and perspectives through cinema. Each month, we'll spotlight a thought-provoking and inspiring film available on Kanopy, the library's free on-demand streaming platform.
Discover groundbreaking films, compelling documentaries, and hidden gems that explore the rich diversity and history of queer lives and experiences. Whether you're looking to learn, reflect, or connect with a larger community, this series offers an opportunity to engage with important stories that matter.
No registration is required. Bring your curiosity and your library card to start streaming for free on demand from any device!
1) Go to www.kanopy.com/en/npl OR click on the Kanopy Logo on npl.org
2) Enter your library card number and PIN (last 4 digits of library card number)
3) Search "Burn This Letter Please"
Burn This Letter Please
2021; 1 hour 45 minutes
P.S. BURN THIS LETTER PLEASE explores a demi-monde that would have been lost to time were it not for the chance find of a treasure trove of letters in a storage bin in LA. Written by drag queens all using aliases to a friend (who turns out to be famous and revealed at the end) who moved to LA, the film is a voyage of discovery of the irreverence, fun, kinship, and all manner of illicit activity which made up the drag scene in the late 50’s in NYC. Over several years, the filmmakers pieced together the jigsaw of who the various letters’ authors were and matched them with archival material and eventually with current day interviews. The result is a big-hearted, guilty pleasured escape to a bygone era.
Watch the film here: https://www.kanopy.com/en/npl/video/11678616
- Date:
- Sunday, November 30, 2025
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://www.kanopy.com/en/npl/video/11678616
- Audience:
- Adults Teens
- Categories:
- Branch Brook North End Springfield Vailsburg Weequahic Main Branch Van Buren
- Attachments: