emily danforth the miseducation of cameron post

JOHN GALLAGHER JR.: (As Reverend Rick) Yes. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, 'THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST')ĬHLOE GRACE MORETZ: (As Cameron Post) So that's worked for you, then? Like, you changed. He considers himself ex-gay, having been, quote, 'cured of homosexuality' with the help of his older sister who founded and directs God's Promise. Rick is one of the people who runs God's Promise. In this scene, soon after she's arrived God's Promise, she's been invited by Reverend Rick, played by John Gallagher Jr., to talk with him over a game of pingpong. Cameron, the main character played by Chloe Grace Moretz, has been sent to God's Promise after she was discovered making out with her girlfriend. The novel, also called 'The Miseducation Of Cameron Post,' was first published in 2012. Emily Danforth wrote the young adult novel the film was adapted from. Desiree Akhavan directed and co-wrote the new film.

And they have to agree that all sexual behavior outside of marriage between a man and a woman is a sin. Their communication with the outside world is cut off for several months. Once arriving at God's Promise, the teens are called disciples and are forced to conform to rigid rules. The new film 'The Miseducation Of Cameron Post' is set in the early '90s at a fictional residential gay conversion therapy program called God's Promise where teenagers are sent by their parents or guardians usually against the will of the teenager. The belief that homosexuality is a sin and that you can be healed of this sin with the help of Jesus is the premise of Christian gay conversion therapy.

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