The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents.
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Garrard Conley (based on the memoir Boy Erased by), Joel Edgerton (written for the screen by)
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This year sees two films based on Christian gay conversion therapy camps. The recent Desiree Akhavan’s THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST follows a female survivor while BOY ERASED written and directed by Joel Edgerton sees a male counterpart. Both are excellent films. It is worthwhile to watch both films as the two films treat the material quite differently. But the aim of discrediting these camps is identical. And both films are based on true stories written into acclaimed novels. BOY ERASED is based on Garrard Conley’s memoir. Conley, who was…
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