The teams behind both films break down what really happens in conversion therapy: Same-sex attraction is likened to 'cannibalism.'įor research, "Cameron Post" director Desiree Akhavan and co-writer Cecilia Frugiuele interviewed survivors, watched sermons and read materials used in ex-gay programs. Danforth's young-adult novel, stars Chloe Grace Moretz as a high schooler in the 1990s who is sent to a treatment center called God's Promise after she's caught kissing another girl at prom. The fictional "Cameron Post," adapted from Emily M. "Boy" stars Lucas Hedges and is based on the 2016 memoir by Garrard Conley, who entered Love in Action, an ex-gay Christian ministry, after being outed to his parents (played by Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe) in 2004 at age 19. 2) and " The Miseducation of Cameron Post" (opens Friday in New York and Los Angeles, expands wider through summer), which won the grand jury prize at Sundance Film Festival in January (the fest's top honor). Two new films are aiming to show the painful realities for kids in gay conversion programs: awards contender "Boy Erased" (in theaters Nov.