Desiree Akhavan

The 20-year-old actor discusses identity, colonialism, and his latest film -- Desiree Akhavan’s 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post'.

Movies like 'The Miseducation of Cameron Post' and 'Boy, Erased' show that we've come a long way since 'Will & Grace.'

Desiree Akhavan tells i-D about the bisexual dating sitcom she’s shooting for Channel 4 in Hackney, and about making a Sundance-winning gay conversion camp drama (starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Sasha Lane) in the age of President Trump.

The lauded film writer, director and actress talks the trials and tribulations of doing it for yourself. As taken from The Fifth Sense, a partnership with i-D.

She's just released her first feature film, but Desiree Akhavan's vision for a new gay cinema might just change the way we see women in film.