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Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker (1992)

ALL 01/01/1992 (en) Documentary 77 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1992
  • Production
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  • Original title
    Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker
  • Original language
    en
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Overview

The life and work of the woman described as "The Rosa Parks of Gay Rights". During the repressive 1950's, Dr. Evelyn Hooker undertook ground breaking research that led to a radical discovery: homosexuals were not, by definition, "sick." Dr. Hooker's finding sent shock waves through the psychiatric community and culminated in a major victory for gay rights: in 1974 the weight of her studies, along with gay activism, forced the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from its official manual of mental disorders. Startling archival footage of the medical procedure used to "cure" homosexuality, images from the underground gay world of the McCarthy era, and home movies of literary icon Christopher Isherwood bring to life history which we must never forget.

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  1. Patrick Stewart

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Christopher Isherwood

    Self (archive footage)

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Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker (1992) 77 Min

ALL 01/01/1992 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 01/01/1992
  • Production
  • Original title Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

The life and work of the woman described as "The Rosa Parks of Gay Rights". During the repressive 1950's, Dr. Evelyn Hooker undertook ground breaking research that led to a radical discovery: homosexuals were not, by definition, "sick." Dr. Hooker's finding sent shock waves through the psychiatric community and culminated in a major victory for gay rights: in 1974 the weight of her studies, along with gay activism, forced the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from its official manual of mental disorders. Startling archival footage of the medical procedure used to "cure" homosexuality, images from the underground gay world of the McCarthy era, and home movies of literary icon Christopher Isherwood bring to life history which we must never forget.

  1. Richard Schmiechen

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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