Film
Queer Vision: The Miseducation of Cameron Post
- Director
- Desiree Akhavan
- Certificate
- 15
- Running Time
- 91 mins
When high-school track athlete Cameron (Chloe Grace Moretz) is caught en flagrante with her lover Coley (Quinn Shephard) on prom night, she’s packed off to God’s Promise – a Christian ‘gay conversion’ centre – by her suitably appalled aunt and legal guardian. This is run by the monstrous, dogmatic Dr. Lydia Marsh (Jennifer Ehle), who aims to treat evil same-sex attraction by means of rigorous ‘de-gaying’ techniques.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GIhYD3U28U
Bisexual Iranian-American director Desiree Akhavan adapts Emily M. Danforth‘s coming-of-age novel, which was in turn inspired by a real-life story. This ain’t the first film about a lesbian teen packed off to a gay conversion camp (that would be But I’m a Cheerleader), but it has garnered excellent reviews and won the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It’s scheduled for general release in August, this being an exclusive preview for Queer Vision.
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