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Dear Jesse is a 1998 American documentary film by Tim Kirkman that was released theatrically by Cowboy Pictures in 1998. Using a first-person narrative style in the form of a "letter" to Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC), the filmmaker explores the parallels and differences between himself — an openly gay man — and the staunchly anti-gay rights ...
Oct 26, 2009 · You're watching the official music video for "Dear Jessie" from Madonna's album 'Like A Prayer' released on Sire Records in 1989. Buy/Stream the 'Like A Pray...
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" Dear Jessie " is a song by American singer Madonna from her fourth studio album Like a Prayer (1989). It was released as the fifth single from the album on December 4, 1989, by Sire Records. Written and produced by Madonna and Patrick Leonard, the song was inspired by Leonard's daughter Jessie.
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.
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Sep 9, 1997 · Dear Jesse: Directed by Tim Kirkman. With Nathan A. Barbour, Karen Brown, Patsy Clarke, Hal Crowther. 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?
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Apr 9, 2018 · Dear Jesse Trailer (2018) Winner of the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Documentary (tied with Michael Moore's THE BIG ONE), DEAR JESSE won the Audience Award at Frameline and...
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Aug 24, 2021 · by Lisa Alspector October 26, 1985. Tim Kirkman, who says his hometown in North Carolina reminds him of TV’s Mayberry, takes us there to explore the impact of Senator Jesse Helms on the state,...
