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#UnrestFilm Sundance award-winning #mecfs film, made for anyone who has ever lived with or loved someone fighting chronic illness.
New York, Los Angeles, Londonunrest.filmJoined February 2013

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Watched today for the first time and haven’t stopped crying since. I’ve got mild to moderate ME/CFS so nowhere as bad as those in the doc but it’s the first time I’ve felt heard/seen with this illness on tv. Highly recommended, on Netflix!
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Calling the #NEISvoid, including #MECFS & #LongCOVID! We have some amazing speakers lined up for #MillionsMissing this May 12 including , , & . I'll be speaking too! Join us in the fight for a better world for people with chronic complex disease.
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We are looking forward to a virtual event jam-packed with amazing speakers. Make sure you RSVP for #MillionsMissing now & we hope you can join us on May 12th at 1 pm ET. We will share a video afterwards for those unable to join or only attend a portion. meaction.net/event/millions
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“We showed strength and courage and power and commitment,” Ms. Cone said, “that we the shut-ins, or the shut-outs, we the hidden, supposedly the frail and the weak, that we can wage a struggle at the highest level of government and win.”
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“When the 20% of the population who live with disability are either invisible or portrayed only as inspiring, or tragic, it perpetuates stereotypes that get in the way of creating a more inclusive society & our abilities to live our lives.” healthcentral.com/article/disabi #HealthCentral
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Thank you so much for sharing! We’re thrilled to hear how Unrest is being used by allies in classrooms and moving students to join the fight for better research! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
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Step 1: have friend who is #chronicillness ally Step 2: friend adds @unrestfilm to syllabus for college writing course on disability Step 3: student inspired to become a medical researcher who may one day crack the code on #MECFS Grateful to those who teach and those who learn
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The morning of ‘s TED talk, she and her husband had to overcome unexpected medical challenges. A behind-the-scenes thread:
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A little under two years ago, after months of writing, revising, memorizing and rehearsing, the big day arrived: Jen’s talk at the TEDSummit in Banff, Canada. It was not an auspicious morning.
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“As an MECFS researcher and med student, Unrest gave me something not in a textbook: a story of illness shared through the lens of the person living it—a story that shows in vivid scenes the toll an illness takes on family, life & the will to keep going.”
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Super proud of our work on , which has been nominated for the #DocImpactHi5. We ran the UK Impact Distribution Campaign at with thanks to our supporters at the #Impact #Distribution #Data
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Today is the day! Join us in celebrating the #DocImpactHi5 2019 selections - five documentaries that have created real world impact through storytelling. These are our kind of films.
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