NOMINATED FOR TWO 2009 PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS (Outstanding made for Television Movie; Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Sigourney Weaver), as well as the 2010 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD (Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television - Sigourney Weaver) and the 2010 SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARD (Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries - Sigourney Weaver), Prayers for Bobby is the amazing true story of a mother torn between her loyalties, challenged by her faith, and moved by a tragedy that would change her life, and the lives of others, forever.
Bobby Griffith (Ryan Kelly, Smallville) was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of much less understood Bobby finally came out to his family. Despite the tentative support of his father, two sisters, and older brother, Bobby's mother, Mary (three time Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Sigourney Weaver, Avatar, Working Girl), turned to the fundamentalist teachings of her church to rescue her son from what she felt was an irredeemable sin. As Mary came closer to the realization that Bobby could not be "healed," she rejected him, denying him a mother's unconditional love, and driving her favorite son to suicide.

Anguished over Bobby's death, Mary finds little solace in her son's poignant diaries, revelations of a troubled boy fighting for the love of his mother and God. Finding it difficult to reconcile her feelings of guilt, her conflicted emotions over religious teachings, and her struggles with understanding her son's orientation, Mary finally, and unexpectedly, reaches out to the gay community as a source of inspiration and consolation. For Mary Griffith, it's the beginning of a long and emotional journey that extended beyond acceptance to her viable role a vocal advocate for gay and lesbian youth. In 1996, twelve years after Bobby's death, she was invited to address the Congress of the United States, establishing her as a major force in the fight for human rights.

Directed by Russell Mulcahy (Swimming Upstream) and based on the bestselling book by Leroy Aarons, Prayers for Bobby is an inspiring and genuine profile in courage and is NOMINATED for the 2010 GLAAD AWARD (Outstanding TV Movie or Mini-Series), as well NOMINATED for the PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA PRODUCER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN LONG-FORM TELEVISION.

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