NRUS
2017Documentary1h 37m

Unrest

When Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, doctors tell her it’s "all in her head." Determined to live, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story—and four other families' stories—fighting a disease medicine forgot.

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Original Languageen

Keywords

governmentpainbiologydnamedicineinterviewinfectionhealth care reform feverhealthdoctordiseasepatientmedical professionillnessphysicianmedical researchmental healthbiologistpublic healthmedical testwoman directorwomen's healthnewscurrent affairsmedical footagechronic fatiguemedical dramahealth educationmental health professionalcellular healthmen's healthchronic painhealthcaremental health caremedical educationcfsme/cfsfibromyalgiachronic fatigue syndrome

Production

Impact Partners
Impact Partners
Chicken & Egg Films
Chicken & Egg Films