The Letter League tells the story of Queer artist Heather Spooner and the adult pen pal program she created during the 2020 pandemic, featuring the poignant and humorous stories of connection and humanity that came from it.
Michelle Boyaner is an award-winning, Emmy® nominated filmmaker whose projects include 2021’s It’s Not a Burden: The Humor and Heartache of Raising Elderly Parents, the HBO Documentary Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson, as well as the documentary feature, and festival favorite, A Finished Life: The Goodbye & No Regrets Tour. Documentary shorts include Hi, You’ve Reached Dave’s Apartment, and Tina Paulina: Living on Hope Street, as well as the narrative shorts, You’re Still Young, and The Bedwetter. Michelle has just finished work on a documentary about an adult pen pal group formed during the pandemic called The Letter League and continues to work on several other non-scripted and scripted projects.