Boston LGBT Film Festival 2012

This is what Love in Action Looks Like

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Tue, May 08 @ 7:00 pm

Coolidge Corner Theatre

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Director

Morgan Jon Fox

Year

2011

Run Time

75

min

Country

USA

Language

English

PROGRAM Time

minutes

CONTENT WARNING:

In the summer of 2005 a 16yo Memphis, TN wrote on his MySpace blog about his parents sending him to a “Fundamentalist Christian” program that strives to turn gay teens straight. This documentary follows the inspirational story of this teens local community standing up for their friend with daily protests at the facility in what would become an international news story. The documentary features several former clients of the organization who tell their personal stories about the time they spent within the programs walls.

This film is presented in English with English subtitles.

The worst fear of many closeted teens came true for 16-year-old Zach Stark in 2005, when his parents sent him against his will to a camp run by the ex-gay Christian reform group “Love In Action.” Depressed and fearful, Zach began blogging, and from this “modern-day message in a bottle,” news of his plight spread internationally. Featuring interviews with activists, ex-clients, psychologists, the Rev. John Smid (director of Love In Action during Zach’s internment), and, for the first time, Zach himself, this inspirational documentary recounts the events that resulted from a young man’s cry for help. (Description courtesy of the Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.)

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