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Unrest

When Harvard Ph.D. student Jennifer Brea is struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story as she fights a disease that medicine forgot.

Director

Jennifer Brea

Year

Genre

documentary, drama, history

Box Office

$40,081

Production

N/A

Awards

7 wins & 8 nominations

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>> Person filming: Omar holding the back of a kayak
flailing all over the place to try to get in. - Unrest

>> Person filming: Omar holding the back of a kayak fl...

Hopefully this is just a kayaking trip, not a metaphor. - Unrest

Hopefully this is just a kayaking trip, not a metaphor.

>> Jennifer: I mean sure, we all know nothing lasts forever - Unrest

>> Jennifer: I mean sure, we all know nothing lasts...

And then one day I got a fever
of a hundred and four point seven degrees. - Unrest

And then one day I got a fever of a hundred and four point s...

I got better but something wasn't right. - Unrest

I got better but something wasn't right.

I would go to the kitchen to get a glass of water
and then I wouldn't be able to move again. - Unrest

I would go to the kitchen to get a glass of water and then I...

I don't know what I did to myself.
I don't think I can get up off the couch. - Unrest

I don't know what I did to myself. I don't think I...

I know you might be saying to yourself
if I really couldn't stand up why would I be filming it? Well... - Unrest

I know you might be saying to yourself if I really couldn�...

I kind of think that someone should see this. - Unrest

I kind of think that someone should see this.

That first year I had six infections. - Unrest

That first year I had six infections.

Okay, turn off the light. - Unrest

Okay, turn off the light.

I basically would get out of bed, go to class,
and then I was in bed again.[ - Unrest

I basically would get out of bed, go to class, and then I wa...

The right side of my face feels numb. - Unrest

The right side of my face feels numb.

I feel like my brain is misfiring. - Unrest

I feel like my brain is misfiring.

Sometimes I have these strange little moments where
like my hand will make a fist and I can't open it. - Unrest

Sometimes I have these strange little moments where like my ...

Sometimes I wouldn't be able to speak,
l’d have no thoughts, no words. - Unrest

Sometimes I wouldn't be able to speak, l’d have no thou...

I would be sensitive to light
and the slightest sound could cause excruciating pain. - Unrest

I would be sensitive to light and the slightest sound could ...

>> Jennifer: No, don't. - Unrest

>> Jennifer: No, don't.

>> Omar: This is perhaps the least chivalrous thing
I've ever done in my life. - Unrest

>> Omar: This is perhaps the least chivalrous thing I&...

Okay I'm gonna rest here for a minute. - Unrest

Okay I'm gonna rest here for a minute.

It happened all of a sudden. I don't know- - Unrest

It happened all of a sudden. I don't know-

Infectious disease doctors, endocrinologists,
cardiologists, and finally a neurologist. - Unrest

Infectious disease doctors, endocrinologists, cardiologists,...

My neurologist diagnosed me with conversion disorder. - Unrest

My neurologist diagnosed me with conversion disorder.

He said that all of my symptoms, even the fever,
the infection for which I took antibiotics - Unrest

He said that all of my symptoms, even the fever, the infecti...

Either that or I was just really
stressed out about my final exams. - Unrest

Either that or I was just really stressed out about my final...

For the next several years I spent most of my time bedridden. - Unrest

For the next several years I spent most of my time...

And then I went online and found thousands
of other people all over the world just like me. - Unrest

And then I went online and found thousands of other people a...

Yeah I'm completely bed ridden.
I have lost the ability to walk. - Unrest

Yeah I'm completely bed ridden. I have lost the ability...

I crawl from my bed to my bathroom and
I just think, "this s my life. What a shit hole!" - Unrest

I crawl from my bed to my bathroom and I just think, "t...

I live in a dark room twenty-four seven. - Unrest

I live in a dark room twenty-four seven.

That's Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Unrest

That's Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

I've have some kind of ME/CFS for about eight years now. - Unrest

I've have some kind of ME/CFS for about eight years...

At one point I was ranked seventeenth
on the entire East Coast for mogul skiing. - Unrest

At one point I was ranked seventeenth on the entire East Coa...

This is the couch.
These three cushions are where I spend my life. - Unrest

This is the couch. These three cushions are where I spend my...

And out there that's that's all my old life. - Unrest

And out there that's that's all my old life.

It's been called the Yuppie Flu, Epstein Barr,
and a living hell by those who suffer from it. - Unrest

It's been called the Yuppie Flu, Epstein Barr, and a li...

There's still no adequate medical explanation for it.
The experts say it could be triggered by viruses. - Unrest

There's still no adequate medical explanation for it. T...

We all get tired but is it Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
Some believe that's a made up condition. - Unrest

We all get tired but is it Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Some be...

You're in that percentage of people who are severely disabled. - Unrest

You're in that percentage of people who are severely...

Based on your duration of illness you are still in that category
that we call in sort of the acute phase. - Unrest

Based on your duration of illness you are still in that...

And the CDC statistic's that if you've been sick five years you're
unlikely to recover. I agree with that statistic. - Unrest

And the CDC statistic's that if you've been sick...

People reach a plateau of function
that's better than they were at baseline - Unrest

People reach a plateau of function that's better than t...

I had no idea if it would be months - Unrest

I had no idea if it would be months

It was like I had died but was forced to watch as the world moved on - Unrest

It was like I had died but was forced to watch as the world...

It was like I had died, but was forced to watch
as the world moved on. - Unrest

It was like I had died, but was forced to watch as the world...

If I completely disappear and I'm in this bed
and I can do nothing - Unrest

If I completely disappear and I'm in this bed and I can...

And then what was the point of it all?
Of being born in the first place? - Unrest

And then what was the point of it all? Of being born in the ...

You know and honestly there are a lot of days
when I just feel like I'm doing a good job - Unrest

You know and honestly there are a lot of days when I just fe...

And it's not- I really don't want to die.
Like I really don't want to die. - Unrest

And it's not- I really don't want to die. Like I r...

I think the grief of all those things
I might not do or see or have or... - Unrest

I think the grief of all those things I might not do or see ...

Welcome to My World of One Room. - Unrest

Welcome to My World of One Room.

I have been severely unwell for eight years. - Unrest

I have been severely unwell for eight years.

>> Jennifer: I found Jessica online. - Unrest

>> Jennifer: I found Jessica online.

So I asked if I could film her - Unrest

So I asked if I could film her

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you - Unrest

Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you

>> Jessica: I get to my birthday and for me,
that's a really difficult date - Unrest

>> Jessica: I get to my birthday and for me, that'...

I remember my seventeenth,
eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty-first. - Unrest

I remember my seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth...

I made it into a chair for a couple of seconds
for my twenty-second but other than that I was in bed. - Unrest

I made it into a chair for a couple of seconds for my twenty...

And that for me is very, very scary because you don't realize
when you're in a bubble quite how much time goes, you know? - Unrest

And that for me is very, very scary because you don't...

>> Jessica: When I was fourteen I suffered
with a flu-like virus. - Unrest

>> Jessica: When I was fourteen I suffered with a flu-...

I was sleeping all through school and I had the teacher
shouting at me saying, "Jessica! Pull your head off that table." - Unrest

I was sleeping all through school and I had the teacher shou...

I remained in hospital for four years constantly. - Unrest

I remained in hospital for four years constantly.

The doctors had no idea what to do. - Unrest

The doctors had no idea what to do.

The nurses were getting frustrated at me
for not getting better. - Unrest

The nurses were getting frustrated at me for not getting bet...

L’m very lucky to have a sister like you. - Unrest

L’m very lucky to have a sister like you.

When you were in that hospital - Unrest

When you were in that hospital

I stayed sane because I can do lots of things with my mind - Unrest

I stayed sane because I can do lots of things with my mind

I love Australia because I love the water
and I'd love to go scuba diving there. - Unrest

I love Australia because I love the water and I'd love ...

As I jump into the water and have that freedom
of my body moving but there being no sound. - Unrest

As I jump into the water and have that freedom of my body mo...

And a multitude of different colors of fish
calm you down and relax you. - Unrest

And a multitude of different colors of fish calm you down an...

It becomes more and more magical
and still there's that silence. - Unrest

It becomes more and more magical and still there's that...

>> Jessica: I suffer with severe osteoporosis now
because I've been bedridden for so long with ME. - Unrest

>> Jessica: I suffer with severe osteoporosis now beca...

So I have the bones of a hundred-year-old. - Unrest

So I have the bones of a hundred-year-old.

I'm quite a tall girl. I've actually grown four inches
in the time I've been bedridden. - Unrest

I'm quite a tall girl. I've actually grown four...

So I've never actually stood up at this height. - Unrest

So I've never actually stood up at this height.

About a month ago I touched the floor for the first time. - Unrest

About a month ago I touched the floor for the first time.

When did you last do this? - Unrest

When did you last do this?

Not for about probably for eight years. - Unrest

Not for about probably for eight years.

Yeah but it didn't go like this. - Unrest

Yeah but it didn't go like this.

Stand on your feet. - Unrest

Stand on your feet.

Sleepy? Okay, come down my girl. - Unrest

Sleepy? Okay, come down my girl.

New video is starting. There you are. - Unrest

New video is starting. There you are.

I started filming more and more people
all over the world from my bed. - Unrest

I started filming more and more people all over the world fr...

I found out that my disease isn't rare at all. - Unrest

I found out that my disease isn't rare at all.

That means it’s twice as common as multiple sclerosis. - Unrest

That means it’s twice as common as multiple sclerosis.

I know people who can work and
you’d never know from looking at them that they were sick. - Unrest

I know people who can work and you’d never know from looking...

A quarter of us are homebound or bedridden. - Unrest

A quarter of us are homebound or bedridden.

Saw someone collecting the other day for ME. - Unrest

Saw someone collecting the other day for ME.

That's the one where "I don’t feel like
going to work today." - Unrest

That's the one where "I don’t feel like going to w...

Jen? Jen? - Unrest

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When Harvard Ph.D. student Jennifer Brea is struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story as she fights a disease that medicine forgot.

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Director: Jennifer Brea

Writer: Jennifer Brea, Kim Roberts

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, drama, history

Year: 2017

MetaScore: 80/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: $40,081

Released: 22 Sep 2017

Awards: 7 wins & 8 nominations

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