Prayers for Bobby (2009) is a television movie that premiered on the Lifetime network on January 24, 2009. A Once Upon A Times Films in association with Permut Presentations and Sladek Taaffe Films production, the film is based on the book, Prayers for Bobby: A Mother’s Coming to Terms with the Suicide of Her Gay Son, by Leroy F. Aarons, which is itself based on the true story of the life and legacy of Bobby Griffith, a young gay man who killed himself due to his mother’s and community’s religious intolerance.
Plot: In Prayers for Bobby, Mary Griffith is a devout Christian who raises her children with the conservative teachings of the Presbyterian Church. However, when her son Bobby confides to his older brother he may be gay, life changes for the entire family after Mary learns about his secret. While Bobby’s father and siblings slowly come to terms with his homosexuality, Mary believes God can cure him of what she considers his ‘sin’ and persuades Bobby to pray harder and seek solace in church activities in hopes of changing him. Desperate for his mother’s approval, Bobby does what is asked of him, but through it all, the church’s apparent disapproval of homosexuality causes him to grow increasingly withdrawn and depressed.
Cast
* Sigourney Weaver as Mary Griffith
* Henry Czerny as Robert Griffith
* Ryan Kelley as Bobby Griffith
* Austin Nichols as Ed Griffith
* Dan Butler as the Rev. Whitsell
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