Overview
When Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, doctors tell her it’s "all in her head." Determined to live, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story—and four other families' stories—fighting a disease medicine forgot.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Sundance Special Jury Prize Documentary (2017)
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Music
Music by Bear McCreary
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Kim RobertsWriter
- Jennifer BreaWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 20, 2017
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- Denmark, United Kingdom, United States of America
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Cast
Jennifer BreaSelf- Whitney DafoeSelf
- Samuel BearmanSelf
- Jessica TaylorSelf
Omar WasowSelf- Ruby TaylorSelf
- Colin TaylorSelf
- Kate TaylorSelf
- Dr. Nancy KlimasSelf
- Dr. Paul CheneySelf
- Casie JacksonSelf
- Darwin JacksonSelf
- Randy DentonSelf
- Jessica HardenSelf
- Annabel JacksonSelf
- Sawyer JacksonSelf
- Lee RouthSelf
- Mike TinneySelf
- Ketty HansenSelf
- Per HansenSelf
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