Cured
Film poster
Directed by
  • Bennett Singer
  • Patrick Sammon
Written by
  • Bennett Singer
  • Patrick Sammon
Produced by
  • Bennett Singer
  • Patrick Sammon
CinematographySam Henriques
Edited bySteve Heffner
Music byIan Honeyman
Production
companies
  • Singer & Deschamps Productions
  • Story Center Films
Release date
  • August 24, 2020 (2020-08-24) (Outfest)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cured is an American documentary film, directed by Bennett Singer and Patrick Sammon and released in 2020.[1] The film depicts the inner workings of the campaign that led to homosexuality being delisted from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1973.[2]

Release

The film premiered on August 24, 2020 at Outfest.[3] With the festival presented virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was subsequently named to the festival's "Encore Week", which presented followup rescreenings of selected films from the festival's official lineup.[4] In November, it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at NewFest.[5]

Reception

Accolades

Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
2020 Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary Cured Won [6][7]
2020 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film Jury Award Patrick Sammon
Bennett Singer
Story Center Films
Singer & Deschamps Productions		 Nominated [6][8]
2020 NewFest: New York LGBT Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Cured Won [6][7][9]
2020 OUT at the Movies International LGBT Film Fest Best Documentary Feature Cured Won [6]
2020 ImageOut: The Rochester LGBT Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Cured Won [6]
2021 American Historical Association John E. O’Connor Film Award Cured Won [7]
2021 Cleveland International Film Festival Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award Patrick Sammon and Bennett Singer Nominated [10]
2021 Hollywood Music in Media Awards Best Original Song in a Documentary "The Other Side of the Rainbow". Written and performed by Ian Honeyman and Tucker Murray Caploe Nominated [11]
2021 Merlinka Festival Best Documentary Patrick Sammon and Bennett Singer Nominated [12]
2022 International Documentary Association Video Source Award Patrick Sammon and Bennett Singer Nominated [13]
2022 GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Documentary Cured Nominated [14]

References

  1. ↑ Craig Takeuchi, "VIFF review: Cured details historical LGBT fight to have homosexuality removed from mental disorders". The Georgia Straight, September 17, 2020.
  2. ↑ Dino-Ray Ramos, "Cured Trailer: Outfest Docu Chronicles Battle To Declassify Homosexuality As Mental Illness". Deadline Hollywood, August 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ Stephen Farber, "'Cured': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter, August 25, 2020.
  4. ↑ Daniel Reynolds, "Outfest Announces 2020 Winners and Surprise 'Encore Week'". The Advocate, August 31, 2020.
  5. ↑ Dan Bayer "NewFest 2020: Amplifying Queer Voices & Stories In A Pandemic". Next Best Picture, November 4, 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Award-winning Documentary Cured to Open the Fall Season of PBS' Independent Lens on October 11, 2021". Independent Lens (Press release). PBS. August 20, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 "Cured". Independent Lens. PBS. December 6, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Cured (Award Encore)". NewFest. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Competition". Cleveland International Film Festival. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  11. ↑ Grein, Paul (November 17, 2021). "'No Time to Die Wins at 2021 Hollywood Music in Media Awards: Full List of Film Music Winners". Billboard. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Awards — Merlinka Festival 2021". Merlinka Festival. December 13, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  13. ↑ "IDA Documentary Awards 37". International Documentary Association. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  14. ↑ "The Nominees for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards". GLAAD. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
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