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Cure for Love
200859 min 4 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Francine PelletierChristina Willings
Production: Christina Willings (Earth to Sky Pictures Inc.)Bonnie Thompson (National Film Board of Canada)Nancy Laing (Earth to Sky Pictures Inc.)David Christensen (National Film Board of Canada)Graydon McCreaDerek Mazur
Script: Christina Willings
Produced by Earth to Sky Pictures Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada with the assistance of the Alberta Film Development Program and the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, with the participation of the Rogers Telefund. Developed in association with the Canadian Television Fund, the National Film Board of Canada and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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.
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Subject categories
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > ChristianityReligion, Politics and SocietyReligious Experiences
- Social Issues > Discrimination and StereotypingSocial Change
- Sexuality and Reproduction > Sexual minorities (2SLGBTQ+ people)
Credits
- writer
- Christina Willings
- director
- Francine Pelletier
- Christina Willings
- producer
- Christina Willings
- Bonnie Thompson
- director of photography
- Shaun Henning
- editor
- Paul Mortimer
- original score
- Jeff Bray
- executive producer
- Nancy Laing
- David Christensen
- Graydon McCrea
- Derek Mazur
- executive in charge of production
- Sarah Jane Flynn
- associate producer
- Julia Ain Burns
- additional camera
- Julia Ain Burns
- Peter Ladiges
- Francine Pelletier
- sound recordist
- Antonio Aroyo
- Gabe Chu
- Kate Kechnie
- Steve Lafayette
- Christopher Miller
- production assistant
- James Bakunas
- Juli Butler
- story consultant
- Trevor Grant
- Francine Pelletier
- researcher for development
- Dixie Baum
- Arlene Moscovitch
- Christina Willings
- transcription
- Bridget Toms
- production coordinator
- Faye Yoneda
- Ginette D'Silva
- production supervisor
- Mark Power
- marketing manager
- Kelly Fox
- centre administrator
- Darin Clausen
- video post production services
- Joe Media Group
- post-production supervisor
- Deborah Osborne
- post-production coordinator
- Bonnee McLachlan
- online editor
- Howard Wirth
- colour correction
- Howard Wirth
- dialogue/ADR
- John Iaquinta
- post-production sound supervisor
- Dan McManus
- sound design
- Jordan Wiberg
- re-recording mixer
- John Iaquinta
- visual researcher
- Tanya Fleet
- legal services
- Linda Callaghan
- production insurance
- Jones Brown Inc.