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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.

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Jennifer Brea

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documentary, drama, history

Box Office

$40,081

Production

N/A

Awards

7 wins & 8 nominations

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But I was with my girls more than anybody
I know was with their kids. - Unrest

But I was with my girls more than anybody I know was with th...

You know they would come in my room and
sit and we'd talk for hours. - Unrest

You know they would come in my room and sit and we'd ta...

That's the most important thing about being a mom
is when your kids need you you're there for them. - Unrest

That's the most important thing about being a mom is wh...

I thought the worst day of my life was when
I got diagnosed but it wasn't. - Unrest

I thought the worst day of my life was when I got diagnosed ...

That was the worst day of my life. - Unrest

That was the worst day of my life.

I didn't want to think that was even a possibility
for me to get what she had. - Unrest

I didn't want to think that was even a possibility for ...

Probably a good six to seven months after I had been
very, very ill I found a neurologist. - Unrest

Probably a good six to seven months after I had been very, v...

And he said, "Well I have good news and bad news." - Unrest

And he said, "Well I have good news and bad news."

"The bad news is there's nothing we can do and
you're going to have to go home and wait it out." - Unrest

"The bad news is there's nothing we can do and you...

Annabelle's asked me before,
"why are you and Grandma both sick?" - Unrest

Annabelle's asked me before, "why are you and Gran...

My dad did not believe my mom
was sick he says up until I got sick - Unrest

My dad did not believe my mom was sick he says up until I go...

I think Casie deals with this disease like
she does because she saw how I dealt with it. - Unrest

I think Casie deals with this disease like she does because ...

Can you see? My arms are getting tired.
Can you still see it? - Unrest

Can you see? My arms are getting tired. Can you still see it...

Having kids with this would be the hardest thing you ever do - Unrest

Having kids with this would be the hardest thing you ever do

You'd be a great mom. - Unrest

You'd be a great mom.

>> Jennifer: I was starting to see that maybe we didn’t have to
let go of everything we’d hoped for and wanted. - Unrest

>> Jennifer: I was starting to see that maybe we...

But I still had so many basic questions. - Unrest

But I still had so many basic questions.

If we had kids, would it be safe? - Unrest

If we had kids, would it be safe?

Could my son or daughter get what I have? - Unrest

Could my son or daughter get what I have?

And I didn’t know why so many doctors
couldn’t answer these basic questions. - Unrest

And I didn’t know why so many doctors couldn’t answer these ...

Doctors want to know what to do
but it’s not in the textbooks of medicine. - Unrest

Doctors want to know what to do but it’s not in the textbook...

'What’re we supposed to do?' You know - Unrest

'What’re we supposed to do?' You know

In the United States we're still graduating
class after class of medical students - Unrest

In the United States we're still graduating class after...

The name, this Chronic Fatigue Syndrome name,
has been part of it. - Unrest

The name, this Chronic Fatigue Syndrome name, has been part ...

And let me be a feminist for a moment:
being a woman is part of it. - Unrest

And let me be a feminist for a moment: being a woman is part...

Eighty-five percent of the people
with this illness are female. - Unrest

Eighty-five percent of the people with this illness are fema...

It’s an idea as old as written history. - Unrest

It’s an idea as old as written history.

The Egyptians thought it was caused by a wandering womb. - Unrest

The Egyptians thought it was caused by a wandering womb.

The Greeks blamed sexual deprivation. - Unrest

The Greeks blamed sexual deprivation.

Sigmund Freud? Repressed memories. - Unrest

Sigmund Freud? Repressed memories.

Some lessons of childhood can become the source of illness
which has no discoverable basis in physical condition. - Unrest

Some lessons of childhood can become the source of illness w...

Today what we'd like to do is to demonstrate the mechanism
known as conversion reaction. - Unrest

Today what we'd like to do is to demonstrate the...

Our patient is a young woman,
she had some rather puzzling symptoms. - Unrest

Our patient is a young woman, she had some rather puzzling s...

We now call hysteria “functional disorder”
or “conversion disorder,” - Unrest

We now call hysteria “functional disorder” or “conversion di...

I hear from women all of the time
who were later diagnosed with fibromyalgia, - Unrest

I hear from women all of the time who were later diagnosed w...

80% of autoimmune disease patients are women. - Unrest

80% of autoimmune disease patients are women.

I can’t help but wonder if that’s why we’re disbelieved. - Unrest

I can’t help but wonder if that’s why we’re...

Feelings of more than usual tiredness,
nervousness, and discomfort - Unrest

Feelings of more than usual tiredness, nervousness, and disc...

The problem with psychosomatic diagnoses
is that they can never be proven. - Unrest

The problem with psychosomatic diagnoses is that they can ne...

They are names we give to illnesses when we can’t find
a biological cause but that doesn’t mean there isn't one. - Unrest

They are names we give to illnesses when we can’t find a bio...

A girl who under many circumstances
cannot admit to angry feelings. - Unrest

A girl who under many circumstances cannot admit to angry fe...

This is the story we tell until doctors
can see our disease from the outside. - Unrest

This is the story we tell until doctors can see our disease ...

MS was called hysterical paralysis right up to
the day they invented a CAT scan machine. - Unrest

MS was called hysterical paralysis right up to the day they ...

Because now we had the capacity to look at the brain
and see those great big white spots of demyelination. - Unrest

Because now we had the capacity to look at the brain and see...

>> Jennifer: We used to institutionalize women with hysteria. - Unrest

>> Jennifer: We used to institutionalize women with...

It s always tempting to look at the past as something strange and distant - Unrest

It s always tempting to look at the past as something...

But what I could never have imagined, had I not
gotten this disease, is that we’re still doing this. - Unrest

But what I could never have imagined, had I not gotten this ...

In Denmark the health authorities do not
recognize ME as a physical disease. - Unrest

In Denmark the health authorities do not recognize ME as a p...

They say it is a psychiatric disease. - Unrest

They say it is a psychiatric disease.

Karina is only being seen by the psychiatric doctors
that took her away from her parents. - Unrest

Karina is only being seen by the psychiatric doctors that to...

She's not been allowed to be seen by any other doctors. - Unrest

She's not been allowed to be seen by any other doctors.

>>Jennifer: When I first heard of this story
I could hardly believe it. - Unrest

>>Jennifer: When I first heard of this story I could h...

But I learned that in many countries doctors have
been removing severe patients from their homes for decades. - Unrest

But I learned that in many countries doctors have been remov...

This is their general idea: - Unrest

This is their general idea:

Your parents indulge these beliefs,
and this has kept you sick. - Unrest

Your parents indulge these beliefs, and this has kept you si...

So removing you from their influence
is the only way you can get better. - Unrest

So removing you from their influence is the only way you can...

Maybe it's harder to see the harm
when it's caused by good intentions. - Unrest

Maybe it's harder to see the harm when it's caused...

When my neurologist diagnosed me, he said
my symptoms were caused by a distant trauma. - Unrest

When my neurologist diagnosed me, he said my symptoms were c...

One I might not even remember. - Unrest

One I might not even remember.

So I walked home
in spite of the pain in my legs, the burning in my brain. - Unrest

So I walked home in spite of the pain in my legs, the burnin...

My body was screaming but I ignored it
because he told me, 'this has no biological cause.' - Unrest

My body was screaming but I ignored it because he told me, &...

That was the last time I ever walked that far. - Unrest

That was the last time I ever walked that far.

I used to be angry - Unrest

I used to be angry

When medicine has no answers for you,
where do you turn? - Unrest

When medicine has no answers for you, where do you turn?

I have the cure to mother-freaking-chronic fatigue. - Unrest

I have the cure to mother-freaking-chronic fatigue.

I cured my Chronic Fatigue
with a high carb vegan diet in three days. - Unrest

I cured my Chronic Fatigue with a high carb vegan diet in th...

Two dietary supplements uh that can really really help. - Unrest

Two dietary supplements uh that can really really help.

I don't really know what's going on
but something I'm taking it feels like it's working. - Unrest

I don't really know what's going on but something ...

Of course I would never know what is was
I just had five new things in. - Unrest

Of course I would never know what is was I just had five new...

I feel like I'm Betty Flintstone, you know?
Like this is some crazy prehistoric dinosaur food. - Unrest

I feel like I'm Betty Flintstone, you know? Like this i...

Though my husband is sort of thinking a little bit about fecal
transplants and up self administered hookworm, - Unrest

Though my husband is sort of thinking a little bit about...

It's like the craziest high school science
experiment you've ever done. - Unrest

It's like the craziest high school science experiment y...

It's just technical enough to feel like,
wow I'm doing something kind of novel and scientific. - Unrest

It's just technical enough to feel like, wow I'm d...

So, the goal is to basically stun the worms
and they drop out of your gut. - Unrest

So, the goal is to basically stun the worms and they drop ou...

A few months ago I started avoiding
really small amounts of toxic mold - Unrest

A few months ago I started avoiding really small amounts of ...

L’m trying to avoid mold at all costs. - Unrest

L’m trying to avoid mold at all costs.

There is quite a bit of evidence of toxicity of mold. - Unrest

There is quite a bit of evidence of toxicity of mold.

I started hearing from more and more people
who were seeing huge improvements - Unrest

I started hearing from more and more people who were seeing ...

>>Omar: Will strategically reducing my mold exposure
make me a better lover? - Unrest

>>Omar: Will strategically reducing my mold exposure m...

But you think it's gotten a little crazy.
This is you letting off a little steam. - Unrest

But you think it's gotten a little crazy. This is you l...

There's no way to approach this except as crazy - Unrest

There's no way to approach this except as crazy

>>On the path! >>Omar: Yeah.
>>Like, just 'cause- it's... - Unrest

>>On the path! >>Omar: Yeah. >>Like, just ...

A little. I know this seems really hard
and I mean it is but like - Unrest

A little. I know this seems really hard and I mean it is but...

You know it doesn't just touch clothes,
it doesn't just touch the car, - Unrest

You know it doesn't just touch clothes, it doesn't...

Like it potentially touches every aspect
of our lives and that's scary to me. - Unrest

Like it potentially touches every aspect of our lives and th...

If you could have the signals that I have for like
an hour, I feel like everything would change. - Unrest

If you could have the signals that I have for like an hour, ...

Right, and conversely, if you lived with this total
absence of these signals you would feel insane - Unrest

Right, and conversely, if you lived with this total absence ...

- Yeah, do that!
- So there's a hook. There's a hook here. - I'm trying to be serious, love. - Unrest

- Yeah, do that! - So there's a hook. There's a ho...

And I'm trying to be serious. There's no way for
me to not touch the tent and assemble the tent. - Unrest

And I'm trying to be serious. There's no way for m...

I think what I'm trying to say is that I realize
being in mold free clothes - Unrest

I think what I'm trying to say is that I realize being ...

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

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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Also watch: Unrest, Land and Freedom, Raymond & Ray, All Good Things, Chernobyl Diaries, Piggy, The Midnight Sky, Universal Soldier: The Return, Patch Adams, Fantastic Mr Fox, Life, Interstellar, Joker, Tenet, Oppenheimer, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Spider Man: No Way Home, Evil Dead Rise, Society of the Snow