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Boy Erased is a brutal film on gay conversion therapy, and straight people need to watch it
Peak Web November 9, 2018By: Winona Young, Arts Editor Boy Erased is centred around the story of a young man sent to a gay conversion therapy program. Taking place after his first year of university, Jared Eamons (played by Lucas Hedges), the son of a soon-to-be-Baptist priest (Russell Crowe) and dutiful mother (Nicole Kidman). The film shows Jared’s time at the Love In Action (L.I.A.) center and his journey leading up to it. Not only is the film an adaptation of a famous memoir, but across the board, the film features stellar performances — from Russell Crowe as a prideful…
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Director Joel Edgerton tells all about his process adapting the memoir, Boy Erased, to film and more
Peak Web November 5, 2018PC: Joel Edgerton stars in Boy Erased as head therapist, Victor Sykes Until June 6, 2018, gay conversion therapy was still legal in Vancouver. While many may think gay conversion therapy couldn’t possibly still exist, shake their heads at…
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