UNREST

Showings

Ped Mall -Scene 1 Mon, Mar 5, 2018 6:00 PM
Event Info
Dialogue Details:Skype Q&A with director Jennifer Brea
Series Info
Series:Women's March
Film Info
Rating:Not Rated
Runtime:98 minutes
Director:Jennifer Brea
Year Released:2017
Production Country:USA
Language:English

Description

Screening followed by Skype Q&A with director Jennifer Brea.

“Jaw-dropping stuff."
- Glenn Kenney, rogerebert.com

“The film powerfully insists on giving a voice to victims whose greatest challenge, apart from their symptoms, is surmounting a world of indifference." - Daniel M. Gold, The New York Times

Twenty-eight year-old Jennifer Brea is working on her PhD at Harvard and months away from marrying the love of her life when she gets a mysterious fever that leaves her bedridden and looking for answers. Disbelieved by doctors yet determined to live, she turns her camera on herself and discovers a hidden world of millions confined to their homes and bedrooms by ME, commonly known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. At its core, Unrest is a love story. Together, Jen and her new husband, Omar, must find a way to build a life and fight for a cure. Their struggle to forge their relationship while dealing with her mysterious illness is at once heartbreaking, inspiring and funny.