Unrest

2017 · 97 min · EN · NR · 7.2 (42 votes)

Dir. Jennifer Brea · Starring Jennifer Brea, Whitney Dafoe, Samuel Bearman, Jessica Taylor, Omar Wasow, Ruby Taylor · Music Bear McCreary

Documentary

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.

VIBE

This documentary feels like a desperate, urgent plea from the margins of medicine. It’s a raw, intimate look at invisible suffering and the infuriating fight for recognition against a dismissive system. You'll feel the isolation and the fierce determination of those seeking answers.

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