A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
June 16, 2021
Original Title:
Pray Away
Alternate Titles:
Bete Weg
Pray Away: La cruz dentro del clóset
Pray Away: Reza y dejarás de ser gay
Pray Away: Προσευχή για αλλαγή
Pray Away: Лечение молитвой
Prier Loin
Rezar
祈りのもとで: 脱同性愛運動がもたらしたもの
프레이 어웨이
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Blumhouse Productions
Chicken & Egg Films
Cinereach
Cinetic Media
Lamplighter Films
Naked Edge Films
Ryan Murphy Television
Secret Sauce Media
Women Make Movies
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA15+ BR: 16 JP: R18+ PL: 16 US: PG-13
Runtime: 101
In the 1970s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started a bible study to help each other leave the "homosexual lifestyle." They quickly received over 25,000 letters from people asking for help and formalized as Exodus International, the largest and most controversial conversion therapy organization in the world. But leaders struggled with a secret: their own “same-sex attractions” never went away. After years as Christian superstars in the religious right, many of these men and women have come out as LGBTQ, disavowing the very movement they helped start. Focusing on the dramatic journeys of former conversion therapy leaders, current members, and a survivor, PRAY AWAY chronicles the “ex gay" movement’s rise to power, persistent influence, and the profound harm it causes.
Associate Producer:
Ryan A. White
Colleen Cassingham
Paulette Marte
Co-Executive Producer:
David Lee
Janet Tittiger
Jenn Lee Smith
Geralyn White Dreyfous
Co-Producer:
Lisa Valencia-Svensson
Consulting Producer:
Myles Markham
Director:
Kristine Stolakis
Director of Photography:
Melissa Langer
Editor:
Carla Gutierrez
Executive Producer:
Jason Blum
Ryan Murphy
Jeremy Gold
Marci Wiseman
Mary Lisio
Amanda Spain
Daniel J. Chalfen
Jim Butterworth
Katy Drake Bettner
Johnny Symons
Julie Parker Benello
Patty Quillin
Nion McEvoy
Leslie Berriman
Regina K. Scully
Original Music Composer:
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum
Laura Karpman
Producer:
Kristine Stolakis
Jessica Devaney
Anya Rous
Sound Effects Editor:
Alyssa Nevarez
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Bob Edwards
Sound Recordist:
Ramsey Mellette
Preston Moreau
Eréndira Olivera Benítez
Kristine Stolakis
Pamela Xing
Lauren Knapp
Supervising Sound Editor:
Bob Edwards
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