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Colchester Film Festival Gala Screening: Unrest
3rd November 2017 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
The 2017 Colchester Film Festival opens with a screening of award-winning documentary Unrest. Guests can arrive early to enjoy a drink and live music from local musicians.
Unrest follows journalist Jennifer Brea as she documents her struggle hidden world of M.E. (commonly known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). After spiking a 105 degree fever shortly after being accepted to a PhD program at Harvard, Brea manifested a mysterious cluster of symptoms, including extreme weakness, fatigue, full-body pain and mental confusion.
After being dismissed by doctors, she discovers a community of patients similarly struggling with the mysterious disorder after making videos from her bed about her situation and posting them online. Through the documentary she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story as she fights a disease that medicine forgot.