Official This Is What Love In Action Looks Like Trailer 2011

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In the summer of 2005, Zach, a 16-year-old boy from Memphis, Tennessee wrote on his MySpace blog that he had told his parents he was gay. Within days of his coming out, his mother and father would send him to Love In Action (LIA), a fundamentalist Christian program that refers to homosexuality as an addictive behavior. The depressed and fearful teenager shared his feelings on his blog.

"This Is What Love In Action Looks Like" documents the widely controversial and inspirational story of what The New York Times referred to as "A modern day message in a bottle."

In the documentary, former Love In Action director John Smid as well as former adult and teenage clients share their hearts on these experiences. In addition, local bloggers, community activists and classmates of Zach tell their stories of becoming involved with what would become an international news story.

Concerned people around the world awaited news of how Zach was doing during his eight weeks in Refuge. By the time he emerged in late July 2005, there was a barrage of headlines in the international press, including Good Morning America, CNN, The New York Times, Time Magazine and The Advocate among others.

In the years since it began, with all the media coverage and investigations, Zach had declined to tell his story. Until now. The teenager whose MySpace blogs began it all gives an exclusive interview for the documentary.

"This Is What Love In Action Looks Like," is directed by award winning filmmaker Morgan Jon Fox ("Blue Citrus Hearts," "OMG/HaHaHa").

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[BlackBelt124249]

I absolutely love this. I'm thankful that the issue is starting to strongly come up around the country. Schools are now starting to have programs for gays, lesbians, tansgenders, bisexuals. For instant my school now has a Gay Straight Alliance! It's against bullying of these type and about acceptance and I truely love it. Let them be who they are!

[DontLikeDontWatch]

I wish I was gay.

[BrisbaneQueer]

I presented the Queer Radio show in Brisbane for 15 years, and our youngest studio guest was 15 year old listener Kenny. I met his parents, who said Kenny came out to them as gay at age 13, and they told him to say the same thing at 15 and they'd believe him. Mum and Dad were 100% accepting and supportive. I have met Kenny as a happy, well balanced adult. This film will be invaluable if even 1 young person is spared the agony of questioning if their natural feelings of attraction are acceptable.

[groupjapan]

@DontLikeDontWatch haha, i wish more people were like u!

[MythicFilms45]

=)

[Jawstaysun]

If you love, love never fails.

[proud526]

I can't wait to see this! I spent a month at that place and all it did was lead to a suicide attempt. Glad the world will see how miserable those places make a person.

[Kimbytns]

But I want to watch it NOW!!!!

[manousako]

CAN NOT WAIT.great job! the long anticipated documentary from dir. morgan jon fox. WOW