When Desiree Akhavan was doing press for her first film, 2014 Sundance debut “Appropriate Behavior,” people kept citing her sexuality. She was “the bisexual director,” noted for writing and acting in her own frank, semi-autobiographic feature about an Iranian-American in the throes of hapless young adult romance with both men and women. But while Akhavan was unapologetic in her bisexuality on-screen, she found herself inwardly cringing all through Sundance.

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Desiree Akhavan is having a pretty great 2018. After winning the Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance, thanks to her film “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” the writer-director is moving to the world of TV, with her latest project, “The Bisexual.” And if the first full trailer for the Hulu series is any indication, it appears Akhavan is about to cap off 2018 with a bang…of sorts.

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Sexuality is a topic that is still fairly taboo in the US entertainment industry. Sure, there have been great strides made over the last decade to shed that silly stigma, but by and large, the films and TV shows created for mass consumption in theaters and network TV tend to shy away from open, honest depictions of any sort of LGBTQ lifestyle. For filmmaker-actress Desiree Akhavan, she found a way around that — go to the UK.

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One of the most celebrated films coming out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival is “The Miseducation of Cameron Post.” The coming-of-age film won the Grand Jury Prize for US Drama, which is the most coveted award at the festival. So, without a doubt, this is a film that is expected to draw a lot of attention when it hits theaters later this summer.

As seen in the new trailer, the film stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a teen girl who is sent to a conversion therapy center, where the focus is to use the teachings of God to convert her character from a lesbian to straight.

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Watch: First Trailer For Indie Spirit-Nominated, Bisexual Rom-Com 'Appropriate Behavior'

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Exclusive: Clip From Sundance Film 'Appropriate Behavior,' Writer/Director/Star Desiree Akhavan Talks Sex Scenes & More

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