CONVERSION

Directed by Zach Meiners | 98 min | USA

In 2018, filmmaker Zach Meiners discovered that his former conversion therapist was still practicing. Struggling with the trauma of his own experience, Zach began an endeavor to amplify and empower the voices of survivors and expose the secretive and often deadly practices of conversion therapy. 

Conversion takes us on the cinematic and personal journeys of 5 survivors from the US and Canada as they move through conversion therapy's mental and physical harms and find the hope and strength to fight against it. Conversion therapy has become an underground industry, constantly re-branding, adapting, and growing. In discussions of conversion therapy, survivors are often left out of the conversation. And the most vulnerable members of our community, children, are left without a voice, choice, or pathway out of the trauma inflicted on them. Ultimately, Conversion is a story of survival and hope.

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Preceded by the short film: HOLDING MOSES

Director: Rivkah Beth Medow | 16 min | USA

A Broadway performer becomes a mother, braiding rhythm, grief, time, and joy on her path to connect with her profoundly disabled son. Randi is visually striking and presents as masculine of center, which defies most people’s image of a mother. Her story blends parenting, family, queerness and disability.