Unrest

Unrest

Directed by Jennifer Brea

Produced by Shella Films, Impact Partners

201797 min6.9 / 10

An intimate, medically focused documentary that combines personal testimony with scientific investigation to expose the dismissal of chronic illness and advocate for recognition of a neglected disease.

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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