Cured / a film by Patrick Sammon & Bennett Singer.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Sammon, Patrick, film director, film producer, screenwriter.

Singer, Bennett L., film director, film producer, screenwriter.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality--United States--History.

Homosexuality.

Gay rights--United States--History.

Gay rights.

Psychiatry--United States--History.

Psychiatry.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (81 minutes)) ; sound, color with black and white sequences.

Production:

[Place of production not identified] : Story Center Films, [2020].

[Place of production not identified] : Singer & Deschamps Productions, [2020].

Distribution:

[Place of distribution not identified] : Good Docs, [2020?]

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Docuseek, [2020].

System Details:

digital

Summary:

CURED takes viewers inside the campaign that led to a pivotal yet largely unknown moment in the struggle for LGBTQ 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.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.