Unrest (2017)

Directed by

Jennifer Brea

Genre

documentary film, drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker documents her own struggle with a debilitating chronic illness after she is dismissed by doctors. She finds a community of others living in similar isolation and faces the challenges of her new marriage.

intimatepersonalsoberingreflectiveslow-pacedup-closequietly emotionaleye-opening

What happens

Unrest is a 2017 documentary film produced and directed by Jennifer Brea. The film tells the story of how Jennifer and her new husband faced an illness that struck Jennifer just before they married. Initially dismissed by doctors, she starts filming herself to document her illness and connects with others who are home- or bedbound with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The documentary was produced over a four-year period, in which Brea was mostly bedbound. The documentary shows Brea's route to diagnosis and the world of other people homebound with the illness. Unrest was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, and won several film festival awards, including the jury award for editing at the Sundance Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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