''Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker''

Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker
Directed by Richard Schmiechen
Produced by David Haugland
Edited by Nancy Frazen
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
 77 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker is a 1992 American documentary film directed by Richard Schmiechen. The film, which chronicles the work of Evelyn Hooker, a psychologist who challenged the then-standard psychological view of homosexuality,[1] was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[2][3]

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  1. ↑ Morris, Gary (November 2004). "Defending the Deviates". Bright Lights Film Journal. Retrieved December 10, 2008. The title of the film has a double meaning. Some gay people may have had their 'minds changed' in the wrong direction by the brute force - electroshock, lobotomies, jail - inflicted by an uncomprehending society. Hooker changed much of the collective mind for the better simply by telling the truth.
  2. ↑ "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  3. ↑ "NY Times: Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker". NY Times. Retrieved November 19, 2008.
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