Award Winner, Healthcare, Mental Health, Sundance Selection, Women + Director, Women-Centered Stories

Unrest

A Fiscally Sponsored Project

Director:

Jennifer Brea

Producers:

Lindsey Dryden, Patricia Gillespie, Alysa Nahmias

2017
98 minutes

Unrest follows the story of Jennifer Brea and her husband, Omar, as they live and struggle with her chronic disease, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME).

Awards

  • 2017 Sundance Film Festival- Special Jury Prize Documentary
  • Award–2017 Sheffield Doc/Fest- Illuminate Award

Honors

  • 2019 News & Documentary Emmy Awards- Documentary and Long Form Nominee

Official Selections

  • 2017 Sundance Film Festival
  • 2017 SXSW Film Festival
  • 2017 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
  • 2017 CPH:DOX
  • 2017 Cleveland International Film Festival