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Cinematography | Sam Henriques |
Edited by | Steve Heffner |
Music by | Ian Honeyman |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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]
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]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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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] |
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