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Dear Jesse (1997)
82 min | Documentary

Dear Jesse (1997)

82 min | Documentary

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...See moreCan 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? Written by See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Nathan A. Barbour Self Self See fewer	Dear Jesse (1997)
Karen Brown Self Self See fewer	Dear Jesse (1997)
Patsy Clarke Self Self See fewer	Dear Jesse (1997)
Hal Crowther Self Self See fewer	Dear Jesse (1997)
Jaki Shelton Greene Self Self See fewer	Dear Jesse (1997)
Allan Gurganus Self Self See fewer	Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
Jesse Helms Self Self See fewer	The Question of Equality (1995)
Jerry Kirkman Self Self See fewer	Loggerheads (2005)
Tim Kirkman Self Self See fewer	Loggerheads (2005)
Jerry McGee Self (as Dr. Jerry McGee) Self (as Dr. Jerry McGee) See fewer	Dear Jesse (1997)
Ann Pierce Self Self See fewer	The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
Matthew Shepard Self Self See fewer	20/20 (1978)
H. Mitchell Simpson Self (as Dr. H. Mitchell Simpson) Self (as Dr. H. Mitchell Simpson) See fewer	Dear Jesse (1997)
Lee Smith Self Self See fewer	Dear Jesse (1997)
Eloise Vaughn Self Self See fewer	Dear Jesse (1997)
Shane Webster Self Self See fewer	Dear Jesse (1997)