Dear Jesse

Dear Jesse (1997)

  • 83% of critics liked it
    (6 reviews)

  • 75% of users liked it
    (31 ratings)

In this personal documentary, gay filmmaker Tim Kirkman breaks up with his lover in New York and returns to his home state of North Carolina where he talks to numerous people in an effort to gain an understanding of North Carolina's homophobic senator, Jesse Helms. Kirkman's interviews… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Genres
Documentary, Special Interest
In Theaters
Oct 10, 1998 Wide
On DVD
Oct 30, 2007

Critic Reviews

  • Daniel M. Kimmel, Variety

    What [director] Kirkman succeeds in doing is proving that [Jesse] Helms and his bigotry should not personify North Carolina.

  • Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

    A memorable documentary.

  • David Noh, Film Journal International

    A straightforward, nicely diverse likeness of the country and its people that is highly informative and, at times, extraordinarily moving.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Thoughtful, personal examination of the dichotomy of North Carolina as a bizarre mix of the tolerant and the intolerant, the progressive and the reactionary.

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