Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story (2019)

Directed by

Jeffrey Hunt

Genre

LGBT-related television series, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager is sent to a conversion therapy program after coming out as gay. She fights to survive the abuse and attempts to escape.

harrowingintenseemotionalinspirationaldisturbingresilientsomberurgentpersonal

What happens

Trapped: The Alex Cooper Story is a 2019 American biographical drama television film directed by Jeffrey G. Hunt. Produced by Lifetime as part of its "Ripped from the Headlines" feature film series, it aired on September 28, 2019. The film stars Addison Holley, Nicolette Pearse, Sara Booth, Ian Lake, Kate Drummond, Wilson Cruz, Steven Cumyn, and Elisa Mooncherry. The screenplay by Michelle Paradise is based on the 2016 memoir Saving Alex by Alex Cooper and Joanna Brooks, which documents Cooper's experience in being sent to a conversion therapy home and the brutalities she endured while there. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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