Cured is an American documentary film, directed by Bennett Singer and Patrick Sammon and released in 2020.Craig Takeuchi, "VIFF review: Cured details historical LGBT fight to have homosexuality removed from mental disorders". The Georgia Straight, September 17, 2020. 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.Dino-Ray Ramos, "Cured Trailer: Outfest Docu Chronicles Battle To Declassify Homosexuality As Mental Illness". Deadline Hollywood, August 11, 2020.
Release The film premiered on August 24, 2020, at Outfest.Stephen Farber, "'Cured': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter, August 25, 2020. 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.Daniel Reynolds, "Outfest Announces 2020 Winners and Surprise 'Encore Week'". The Advocate, August 31, 2020. In November, it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at NewFest.Dan Bayer "NewFest 2020: Amplifying Queer Voices & Stories In A Pandemic". Next Best Picture, November 4, 2020.
Reception Accolades Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result 2020 Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary Cured 2020 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film Jury Award Patrick SammonBennett SingerStory Center FilmsSinger & Deschamps Productions 2020 NewFest: New York LGBT Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Cured 2020 OUT at the Movies International LGBT Film Fest Best Documentary Feature Cured 2020 ImageOut: The Rochester LGBT Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Cured 2021 American Historical Association John E. O’Connor Film Award Cured 2021 Cleveland International Film Festival Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award Patrick Sammon and Bennett Singer 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 2021 Merlinka Festival Best Documentary Patrick Sammon and Bennett Singer 2022 International Documentary Association Video Source Award Patrick Sammon and Bennett Singer 2022 GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding Documentary Cured
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Cured at Independent Lens by PBS