"The Letter Men" is based on the real love letters written by Gilbert Bradley to his sweetheart, Gordon Bowsher during WWII. Exchanged between 1938 and 1941, the letters were uncovered in 2017 and represent the largest known collection LGBTQ love letters from that time period. Using text from the actual letters, "The Letter Men" follows the two men as their fight to keep their love alive in the face of war and loss.
A gifted artist finds himself in a broken balance between creating world class art and the all too silent struggle of self care as his life begins to unravel because of his Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Matthew Postlethwaite (born 25 September 1991 in Whitehaven, England) is a British actor, writer, singer, artist and entrepreneur. He produced, created and starred in the 2020 short film The Great Artist. His production company, Purpose Co., has won over 120 awards and been nominated 55 times. His latest film The Great Artist qualified for consideration for the Live Action Short Film shortlist for the 93rd Academy Awards. He had an art show in New York where his paintings were exhibited to the audience. Half of his paintings were featured in The Great Artist. "Brave," the end credits song from the film (which he co-wrote with Jon Althman and Pia Toscano) won the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in a Short Film. This was the first time in the history of the award show that an original song for a live action short film was nominated by the HMMA and won.