Cured (2020)★ 7.5/10
- Documentary
Directed by: Patrick Sammon, Bennett Singer
Written by: Patrick Sammon, Bennett Singer
"Cured" takes viewers inside the campaign that led to a pivotal yet largely unknown moment in the struggle for LGBT equality: the American Psychiatric Association's 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses. Combining eyewitness testimony with newly unearthed archival footage, the film reveals how a small group of impassioned activists achieved this unexpected victory.
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Harry AdamsonSelf - Friend of Dr. John FryerGary AlinderSelf - Activist & WriterIrving BieberSelf - Psychiatrist (archiveFootage)Robert CampbellSelf - Member of APA Nomenclature CommitteeSally DuplaixSelf - Lesbian ECT Patient in ConnecticutJohn FryerSelf (archiveFootage) (voice)Barbara GittingsSelf - Activist (archiveFootage) (voice)Ronald GoldSelf - Activist & JournalistRichard GreenSelf - PsychiatristLawrence HartmannSelf - PyschiatristEvelyn HookerSelf - Psychologist (archiveFootage)Frank KamenySelf - Activist & Astronomer (archiveFootage)Magora KennedySelf - Activist & MinisterDon KilhefnerSelf - Activist
Saul LevinSelf - CEO & Medical Director of the APAJudd MarmorSelf (archiveFootage)Richard PillardSelf - PsychiatristCharles SilversteinSelf - Activsit & PsychologistCharles SocaridesSelf - Psychiatrist (archiveFootage)Richard SocaridesSelf - Son of Dr. Charles SocaridesRick StokesSelfKay Tobin-LahusenSelf - Activist & Photographer