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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  Film & Animation

[DontLikeDontWatch]

I wish I was gay.

[Kimbytns]

But I want to watch it NOW!!!!



[DontLikeDontWatch]

It's true, because I also wished that I am Canadian and one day it just happened; I turned Canadian.

[Daniel Musgrave]

if you wish you are gay,...you probably are

[SmileSunshine808]

This is such a good documentary!! I believe everyone should watch this. ^_^

[ZILOGz80VIDEOS]

were you trying to block out those kids faces with an annotation? because those are really really easy to turn off.

[Dylan Stearns]

Being bi sexual, and with a dream of becoming some form of therapist or psychologist, I can tell you that changing sexual orientation is mentally impossible. Some might think otherwise, and I doubt I can change their opinions. Not only that, but trying to change it can be extremely damaging to a persons mental health.

[Dylan Stearns]

Or illegal altogether if we're lucky.

[sexonnaplatter]

Hopefully all 50 states will follow California's lead and declare these camps and any "therapy" illegal for minors.

[chiggerstv]

I wonder if there will come a time when films like this wouldn't have to exist anymore because being gay is no longer an issue.

[jaredofmo]

I think I get the title. Is it about the program he was sent to or what his friends did?