The Miseducation of Cameron Post, a drama focusing of gay conversion therapy has won the top prize at the Sundance film festival.
Starring Chloe Grace Moretz, the film looks into the real-life practice of reparative therapy. The film reportedly delighted and shocked audiences with it’s tale of a teenage girl from Utah who is sent away to an institution to cure her sexuality after she’s caught in a romantic encounter with the Queen of the Prom.
Accepting the award, the film’s star said the entire production team of the film wanted to dedicate the award to people who had survived sexual conversion therapy.
“On behalf of the entire ‘Cameron Post’ team we want to dedicate this to the LGBTQ survivors of sexual conversion therapy,” Moretz said.
“We just wanted to make this movie to shine a light onto the fact that it is only illegal in nine states out of the 50 states in this country to practice sexual conversion therapy.”
The film was directed by Deriree Akhavan and is based on a novel by Emily M Danforth. Akhavan previously wrote, directed and starred in the 2014 film Appropriate Behavior.
Established by actor Robert Redford to promote independent film the festival has grown to be one of the biggest film festivals and marketplaces in the movie industry. In 2016 over 40,000 people were estimated to have attended the festival.
OIP Staff, Image: Desiree Akhavan with thanks to the Sundance Institute.
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