“Our history was disappearing as quickly as we were making it.” With that realization, Deborah Edel and Joan Nestle co-founded the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the world’s largest collection of materials by and about lesbians. More than 40 years later, Deb must consider the future of the collection.
Juried Screenings and Awards
- American Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival (France, 2017): Winner, Best Student Documentary
- OutFest (California, 2017)
- Cinema Queer International Film Festival (Sweden, 2017)
- Reeling Film Festival (Illinois, 2017)
- NewFest (New York, 2017): Winner, Audience Award
- QCinema Fort Worth LGBT International Film Festival (Texas, 2017)
- San Luis Obispo International Film Festival (California, 2018)
- BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival (United Kingdom, 2018)
- London Lesbian Film Festival (Canada, 2018)
- TLVFest: The Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival (Israel, 2018)
- Leeds City Museum (United Kingdom, 2018)
- Philadelphia Free Library (Pennsylvania, 2018)
- Korea Queer Film Festival (South Korea, 2018)
- Kansas City LGBT Film Festival (Missouri, 2018)
- North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (North Carolina, 2018)
- Fargo-Moorhead LGBT Film Festival (North Dakota, 2018)
- Paris International Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival (France, 2018)
- Printemps lesbien de Toulouse (France, 2019)
- Hell’s Half Mile Film & Music Festival (Michigan, 2019)
- The Bush Films: A Queer Film Series (New York, 2019)
Press
- Megan Rossman’s ‘Love Letter Rescue Squad’ Sheds Light on Lesbian Herstory
- Award-Winning Documentary Love Letter Rescue Squad at Outfest This Weekend
- Announcing the Award-Winning Films From NewFest 2017
- SLO Film Fest reviews Love Letter Rescue Squad
Distribution
Love Letter Rescue Squad is available for purchase in the United Kingdom from Pecadillo Pictures and in Canada from the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre.
