{"id":14663,"date":"2017-10-20T14:27:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T14:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=14663"},"modified":"2017-11-02T11:08:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T11:08:15","slug":"jennifer-brea-speaks-about-her-film-unrest-in-uk-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/jennifer-brea-speaks-about-her-film-unrest-in-uk-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Brea speaks about her film Unrest in UK media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jennifer Brea and her film Unrest<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Film director Jennifer Brea is visiting the UK to support the screening of her film Unrest in Parliament in London on 25 October 2017.<\/p>\n

BBC Radio Bristol<\/strong>\u00a0Interview with Dr Phil Hammond<\/a>\u00a0 26 October 2017.\u00a0 Starts at 2 hrs 21 [Available until 18 Nov 2017<\/p>\n

BBC World Service<\/strong> programme Outlook<\/a>, 26 Oct\u00a02017,\u00a0features the background story of Jennifer Brea. Starts at 26 mins<\/p>\n

thebmjopionion<\/strong>, 4 October 2017: Julian Sheather: Unrest<\/a><\/p>\n

Unrest is heroic filmmaking. It takes a mysterious, stigmatized and invisible disorder and brings the condition and its sufferers into clear light. It is a tribute to the filmmaker and her extraordinary husband. And also a reminder, if we need it, that the world of human suffering has not been mapped in its entirety by medicine.<\/p>\n

The Telegraph<\/strong>, 24 October 2017: Could this documentary change the way we perceive chronic fatigue syndrome?<\/a><\/p>\n

Express<\/strong>, 23 October 2017: THIS mysterious condition affects millions more than MS – but you probably don’t know it<\/a><\/p>\n

ME Association<\/strong> review of Unrest in Parliament: \u201cI cannot recall a parliamentary meeting where we have had so much genuine interest in ME\/CFS\u201d <\/a>26 October 2017<\/p>\n

ITV news interview<\/a> with Jennifer Brea and Omar Wasow, 18 October 2017<\/p>\n

\"\"Times<\/strong>, 17 October 2017:\u00a0 Our lives were frozen by chronic fatigue syndrome<\/a><\/p>\n

As Jennifer Brea\u2019s chronic illness worsened and she spent more and more time confined to bed, she became increasingly active in her dreams. \u201cEvery night I\u2019d have these incredibly kinetic dreams. I was flying or running up mountains. I\u2019d wake up in the morning and realise that I was still in the same bedroom, and many mornings felt really disappointed that I was still alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guardian,<\/strong> 19 October 2017: Unrest review \u2013\u00a0powerful documentary about chronic fatigue syndrome<\/a><\/p>\n

Jennifer Brea uses her own experience and others to build up a multifaceted portrait of the condition and the toll it takes<\/p>\n

Cosmopolitan<\/strong>, 18 Oct 2017: What it\u2019s like to live with an incurable illness no-one believes is real<\/a><\/p>\n

Jennifer Brea was 28 when ME began to suck the life out of her. She was eventually left bed-bound, but doctors insisted tests showed there was nothing biologically wrong.<\/p>\n

theupcoming.co.uk<\/strong>, 20 October 2017: \u201cPicking up the camera was really an act of survival\u201d: An interview with Unrest filmmaker Jennifer Brea\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Ahead of the UK release of Jennifer Brea\u2019s widely acclaimed documentary Unrest, which details her experiences coping with chronic fatigue syndrome, we caught up with the filmmaker to discuss finding meaning in a meaningless experience, and how she finally found her voice again through the \u201cmagic\u201d of film.<\/p>\n

Join WAMES in bringing Jennifer’s film and campaign to Wales<\/strong>: read about #TimeForUnrestWales campaign<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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