'The Miseducation Of Cameron Post' News & Updates: Chloë Grace Moretz To Lead The Movie; Set To Discuss Gay Conversion Therapy
Actress Chloë Grace Moretz is set to lead in the 2012 novel by Emily M. Danforth, 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post' alongside with Sasha Lane.
The novel was based on the true story of Zach Stark, a young man who freely stood up about misrepresentations about the "ex-gay" camp his parents constrained him to go to after he turned out. In the film, Moretz will play the main part of Cameron Post, a 12-year-old Montana young lady who is an orphan and was taken to live with her conservative close relative before being forced to go to a gay conversion treatment center.
Sasha Lane (American Honey) will likewise lead the film. In addition, John Gallagher Jr., Forrest Goodluck, and Jennifer Ehle will also star in the movie. Beachside and Parkville Pictures are going to produce, with Beachside completely financing.
Desiree Akhavan has been set to direct the upcoming movie adaptation, who has beforehand investigated female sexuality in her work. Akhavan's first directorial movie 'Appropriate Behavior' which also addresses gender sensitivity issues receive recognition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and gathered an Independent Spirit Award assignment for Best First Screenplay the next year.
Consequently, Gay conversion treatment has for quite some time been exposed by respectable wellbeing associations as incapable and hurtful, and a few states have through and through banned the utilization of this treatment on minors. Some people sees sexual orientation as a mental issue and can incorporate hazardous electric shock treatment, among other damaging and brutal strategies to "cure" gay men and ladies.
Accordingly, these convictions have left a huge number of LGBTQ Americans, and their partners, dreading for their security and essential human rights under the new organization. Ideally, 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post' will serve as an indication of how anti-gay beliefs hurt individuals, especially youngsters and adolescents who are generally helpless.