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The Washington Blade called it "a powerful exploration of resistance, female desire and the horrors of conversion therapy," while a New York Times review noted that the film "is neither a glib sendup of a less enlightened era nor a pious reckoning with the bygone injustices of the past. It is more interested in how its characters feel than in what they might symbolize".
The narrative begins in Miles City, Montana, when early adolescent Cameron Post experiences the sudden death of her parents in a car crash. Amidst her grief, her primary emotion is a complicated sense of relief and guilt, as she had just had her first romantic encounter with another girl hours before the accident. The Miseducation Of Cameron Post.pdf
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Cameron quickly learns to hide her sexuality. Throughout her early teen years, she lives a double life. She creates a "God Promise" to herself, attempting to pray away the "gay." She engages in typical teenage rebellion—shoplifting, experimenting with alcohol—while secretly navigating her attraction to women, most notably in a secret relationship with her friend Coley Taylor. Coley is the quintessential "good Christian girl," and their relationship represents a high point of hope for Cameron, suggesting that she might be able to reconcile her faith with her identity. Amidst her grief, her primary emotion is a