{"id":13982,"date":"2017-08-17T08:14:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T08:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=13982"},"modified":"2017-08-17T08:15:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T08:15:37","slug":"the-most-common-disease-youve-never-seen-how-one-woman-turned-her-illness-into-a-life-changing-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/the-most-common-disease-youve-never-seen-how-one-woman-turned-her-illness-into-a-life-changing-film\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The most common disease you’ve never seen’: how one woman turned her illness into a life-changing film"},"content":{"rendered":"

Telegraph<\/strong> article, by Alan Vincent, 11 August 2017: ‘The most common disease you’ve never seen’: how one woman turned her illness into a life-changing film<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Jennifer Brea was 28 when she was bedridden with a high fever. As she explains, “I got better, but something wasn’t right.” She, like millions of people worldwide, had contracted Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, or myalgic encephalomyelitis, otherwise known as ME.<\/p>\n

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Suddenly, her life as she knew it, as a newlywed PhD student at Harvard University, was put on hold, as she became progessively more ill, losing even the ability to sit in a wheelchair. Doctors told her that her condition was\u00a0\u201call in her head\u201d. There was, and remains, no cure.<\/p>\n

Then, four years ago, from her bed, Brea began to make a film about her experiences after keeping a video diary with her iPhone. In doing so, she gave a voice to those who suffer from “the most common disease you’ve never seen”, and encouraged scientists and medical professionals to plough their energies into unravelling a condition that has mystified physicians for years.<\/p>\n

Unrest won a prize at Sundance film festival earlier this year, and became one of the first titles to be released\u00a0with the support of\u00a0Sundance Institute\u2019s\u00a0Creative Distribution Fellowship, which aims to\u00a0empowering entrepreneurial Sundance filmmakers.<\/p>\n

Read more about the film and view the trailer<\/a><\/p>\n

Get in touch if you would like to help WAMES host this film in venues around Wales. Contact Jan<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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See also:<\/strong><\/p>\n

ABC Radio Melbourne<\/strong>, August 7, 2017: Afternoons with Clare Bowditch – Jennifer Brea wants to shine a light on an often misdiagnosed disease<\/p>\n

Melbourne International Film Festival review<\/a><\/p>\n

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