Cured (film)

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]

Cured
Film poster
Directed by	Bennett Singer Patrick Sammon
Written by	Bennett Singer Patrick Sammon
Produced by	Bennett Singer Patrick Sammon
Cinematography	Sam Henriques
Edited by	Steve Heffner
Music by	Ian Honeyman
Production companies	Singer & Deschamps Productions Story Center Films
Release date	August 24, 2020 (2020-08-24) (Outfest)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Release

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]

Reception

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
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]