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Catalogue Number: NFB546114
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Christina Willings, Bonnie Thompson, Nancy Laing, David Christensen, Graydon McCrea, Derek Mazur
Directors: Francine Pelletier, Christina Willings
Producing Agencies: Earth to Sky Pictures Inc. (Calgary), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Documentary, Health and Medicine, Politics, Religious Studies, Social Issues, Social Studies
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2008
Running Time: 59:04
Closed Captions: Yes
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Cure for Love - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB546114
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Christina Willings, Bonnie Thompson, Nancy Laing, David Christensen, Graydon McCrea, Derek Mazur
Directors: Francine Pelletier, Christina Willings
Producing Agencies: Earth to Sky Pictures Inc. (Calgary), National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Documentary, Health and Medicine, Politics, Religious Studies, Social Issues, Social Studies
Language: English
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2008
Running Time: 59:04
Closed Captions: Yes
Click here for pricing
There's a bride, a groom and the usual happy crowd of well-wishers. But this is no ordinary wedding. Ana and Brian are ex-gays - adherents to a controversial evangelical movement that purports to convert gay people into heterosexuals.
Cure for Love goes inside the unusual Christian subculture and follows the lives of several young people whose homosexuality is at odds with their religious beliefs to fashion a nuanced critique of 21st century fundamentalism through their moving testimony.
Jonathan, a soft-spoken young Texan, was driven into an ex-gay 'ministry' by crippling self-loathing - but now embraces a Christianity that leaves room for a loving gay relationship. Darren, another refugee, looks back at the ex-gay experience with mixed feelings and wry humour - 'Oh I've been saved several times!' Ana and Brian remain within the flock, carving out a progressive Canadian position within the movement.
Keenly tuned to shifts within contemporary Christianity and the broader culture, Cure for Love makes a big-hearted contribution to the ongoing dialogue on difference and tolerance.
Cure for Love goes inside the unusual Christian subculture and follows the lives of several young people whose homosexuality is at odds with their religious beliefs to fashion a nuanced critique of 21st century fundamentalism through their moving testimony.
Jonathan, a soft-spoken young Texan, was driven into an ex-gay 'ministry' by crippling self-loathing - but now embraces a Christianity that leaves room for a loving gay relationship. Darren, another refugee, looks back at the ex-gay experience with mixed feelings and wry humour - 'Oh I've been saved several times!' Ana and Brian remain within the flock, carving out a progressive Canadian position within the movement.
Keenly tuned to shifts within contemporary Christianity and the broader culture, Cure for Love makes a big-hearted contribution to the ongoing dialogue on difference and tolerance.