A Queer Review of the Austin Film Festival (2023)
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
Incurable Me
From laws on propaganda and extremism to forced "treatment for orientation"! Are we truly at this point in history? This is a collection of dramatic stories from people who have endured so-called conversion therapy. Pilgrimages to Iran, psychiatric hospitals, soul-saving Orthodox monasteries, prisons in the Caucasus, and even sessions of exorcising a jinn... The imagination of those convinced that sexual orientation can be "corrected" knows no bounds. But what are the consequences of this conviction, and how effective is corrective medicine?
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From laws on propaganda and extremism to forced "treatment for orientation"! Are we truly at this point in history? This is a collection of dramatic stories from people who have endured so-called conversion therapy. Pilgrimages to Iran, psychiatric hospitals, soul-saving Orthodox monasteries, prisons in the Caucasus, and even sessions of exorcising a jinn... The imagination of those convinced that sexual orientation can be "corrected" knows no bounds. But what are the consequences of this conviction, and how effective is corrective medicine?
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Genre:Documentary
Written By:Nikita Loyk
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Runtime:67 minutes
Studio:Media Loft
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