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'''Jennifer Brea''' is an [[ME]] and [[CFS]] advocate while living with [[ME]]. She and [[Beth Mazur]] co-founded #[[MEAction]]. Jennifer is also founder of [[MEpedia]] and director of ''[[Unrest]]'', an award-wining documentary film about living with the illness. Prior to ''[[Unrest]],'' she briefly hosted an online talkshow called [http://www.thriveshow.org/ Thrive Show].  
'''Jennifer Brea''' is a filmmaker, activist and [[Myalgic encephalomyelitis|myalgic encephalomyelitus]] (ME) patient. Along with [[Beth Mazur]], she co-founded #[[MEAction]]. Jennifer is also the founder of [[MEpedia]] and director of ''[[Unrest]]'', an award-winning documentary film about living with [[Myalgic encephalomyelitis|ME]].


Jennifer was initially misdiagnosed with "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_disorder conversion disorder]" instead of [[ME]]; she was permanently injured after a walk home from her Neurologist's office and should have been told to get complete bed rest for her best chance of recovery. <ref>[http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thecoffeeklatch/2013/10/26/jennifer-brea--canary-in-a-coal-mine Jennifer Brea - Canary In A Coal Mine - The Coffee Klatch - Listen @4:00]</ref>
Jennifer was initially misdiagnosed with "[[conversion disorder]]" instead of ME; she was seriously harmed after a walk home from her neurologist's office when she should have been ordered to get complete [[bed rest]] for her best chance of recovery.<ref name="BBC2017">{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-41888146 | title = I made a film from my bed to show my illness is real | date = November 9, 2017|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>[http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thecoffeeklatch/2013/10/26/jennifer-brea--canary-in-a-coal-mine Jennifer Brea - Canary In A Coal Mine - The Coffee Klatch - Listen @4:00]</ref>


=="Unrest" Documentary==
In 2012 Jennifer married Omar Wasow<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/fashion/weddings/jennifer-brea-omar-wasow-weddings.html Jennifer Bréa, Omar Wasow]</ref>, a famous TV talk show, film producer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1717399/ Omar Wasow IMDB]</ref> and founder of Blackplanet.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackplanet Blackplanet]</ref>
Jennifer directed and produced the film ''[[Unrest]]'' which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017 and was on the short list for an 2017 Academy Awards.  
 
==''Unrest'' documentary film==
[[File:J Brea TED.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Jen uses a [[Severe and very severe ME|use a wheelchair]] keeping her legs up due to [[Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome|POTS]] as her blood pools into her legs]]
Jennifer directed and produced the film ''Unrest'' which premiered at the ''Sundance Film Festival'' in January 2017 and was on the shortlist for the 2017 Academy Awards.  


==Articles==
==Articles==
*Dec 27, 2017 - [https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2017/12/27/they-told-illness-was-all-head-was-because-woman/47zuihgBfZqPdNe7S40hSJ/amp.html ''They told me my illness was all in my head. Was it because I’m a woman?''] in The Boston Globe
*Nov 9, 2017 - [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-41888146 I made a film from my bed to show my illness is real]
*Dec 27, 2017 - [https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2017/12/27/they-told-illness-was-all-head-was-because-woman/47zuihgBfZqPdNe7S40hSJ/amp.html ''They told me my illness was all in my head. Was it because I’m a woman?'']<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2017/12/27/they-told-illness-was-all-head-was-because-woman/47zuihgBfZqPdNe7S40hSJ/amp.html | title = They told me my illness was all in my head. Was it because I’m a woman? - The Boston Globe | last = Brea | first = Jennifer | date = Dec 27, 2017 | website = bostonglobe.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref>
 
== Talks and interviews ==
*Jan 2017, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4695rbOZIg&app=desktop Sundance Film Festival - Meet the Artist '17: Jennifer Brea]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4695rbOZIg&app=desktop | title = Meet the Artist '17: Jennifer Brea | last = Brea | first = Jennifer | date = Jan 18, 2017 | website = Youtube|publisher=Sundance Institiute|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref>
*Jan 2017, [[What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose - TED Talk (2016)|What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose]] (TED Talk)
*Jan 20, 2017, [http://www.kpcw.org/post/sundance-reel-hour-one-january-20-2017#stream/0 Sundance Reel hour one - Jan 20, 2017]<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.kpcw.org/post/sundance-reel-hour-one-january-20-2017#stream/0 | title = Sundance Reel hour one - January 20, 2017 | last = Wells | first = John | date = Jan 20, 2017|work=|access-date=2018-10-12|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|publisher=KPCW | last2 = Larson | first2 = Nell|at=31 min|language=en}}</ref> Audio interview with Jennifer Brea and Omar Wasow about ''Unrest'' (31mins in)
*Feb 10  2017, [https://www.npr.org/transcripts/514158225  Jennifer Brea: Can The Internet Help You Get The Right Diagnosis?] - NPR (transcript)
*May 18, 2017 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Najd5O7usnQ Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Najd5O7usnQ | title = Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS | last = Markey | first = Ed | date = May 26, 2017 | website = YouTube|publisher=SolveCFS|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref>  ([http://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/InvisibleCrisis_wide_051817-print.pdf Slides of briefing])<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/InvisibleCrisis_wide_051817-print.pdf | title=Slides of Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS | last = | first = | date = May 2017 | website = solvecfs.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref>
*May 6, 2018, [https://www.meassociation.org.uk/podcast/ Episode One] [[The ME Show]] podcast by [[Gary Burgess]]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.meassociation.org.uk/podcast/ | title = The ME Show | last = Burgess | first = Gary | date = Apr 20, 2018 | website = [[ME Association]]|publisher=ME Association|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-10-12}}</ref>


== Talks & Interviews ==
*May 18, 2017 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Najd5O7usnQ Recording of Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS]  ([http://solvecfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/InvisibleCrisis_wide_051817-print.pdf Slides of briefing])
*January 2017 - [https://www.ted.com/talks/jen_brea_what_happens_when_you_have_a_disease_doctors_can_t_diagnose#t-826118 TED talk]
*January 2017 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4695rbOZIg&app=desktop Sundance Film Festival - Meet the Artist '17: Jennifer Brea]
*January 2017 - [http://kpcw.org/post/sundance-reel-hour-one-january-20-2017#stream/0 Sundance Reel hour one - January 20, 2017 - Interview with Jennifer Brea and Omar Wasow about Unrest] (31mins in)
*[http://jenbrea.com/media List of talks and interviews at jenbrea.com]
*[http://jenbrea.com/media List of talks and interviews at jenbrea.com]


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
*2015, [http://www.indiewire.com/2013/12/congrats-to-canary-in-a-coal-mine-novembers-project-of-the-month-241464/ Indie Wire Project of the Month - November]
*2013, [https://www.prohealth.com/library/prohealths-2013-advocate-of-the-year-jennifer-brea-32242?site=articles ProHealth’s 2013 Advocate of the Year – Jennifer Brea]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.prohealth.com/library/prohealths-2013-advocate-of-the-year-jennifer-brea-32242?site=articles | title = ProHealth’s 2013 Advocate of the Year – Jennifer Brea | last = Verrillo | first = Erica | date = Jan 25, 2014 | website = prohealth|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref>
*2013, [http://www.prohealth.com/library/showArticle.cfm?libid=18613&site=articles ProHealth Advocate of the Year]
*2015, [https://www.indiewire.com/2013/12/congrats-to-canary-in-a-coal-mine-novembers-project-of-the-month-241464/ Congrats to ‘Canary in a Coal Mine,’ November’s Project of the Month!]<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.indiewire.com/2013/12/congrats-to-canary-in-a-coal-mine-novembers-project-of-the-month-241464/ | title = Congrats to ‘Canary in a Coal Mine,’ November’s Project of the Month! | last = Indiewire | date = 2013-12-09|work=IndieWire|access-date=2018-10-12|language=en-US}}</ref>
*2017, [https://www.prohealth.com/library/prohealth-is-proud-to-announce-its-2017-advocate-of-the-year-jennifer-brea-43998 ProHealth is proud to announce its 2017 Patient Advocate of the Year – Jennifer Brea]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.prohealth.com/library/prohealth-is-proud-to-announce-its-2017-advocate-of-the-year-jennifer-brea-43998 | title = ProHealth is proud to announce its 2017 Patient Advocate of the Year – Jennifer Brea | last = Verrillo | first = Erica | date = Mar 5, 2018 | website = prohealth.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref>


==Learn more==
==Learn more==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Brea Wikipedia - Jennifer Brea]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Brea Wikipedia - Jennifer Brea]
*2016, [https://medium.com/@eejackson/women-vs-hysteria-no-more-678b2f8f1193#.zr8tmw7ty Women vs. Hysteria No More…]
*2016, [http://blog.ted.com/the-story-of-a-baffling-illness-jen-brea-speaks-at-tedsummit/ The story and stigma of a baffling illness: Jen Brea speaks at TEDSummit]<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://blog.ted.com/the-story-of-a-baffling-illness-jen-brea-speaks-at-tedsummit/ | title = The story and stigma of a baffling illness: Jen Brea speaks at TEDSummit | last = Colman | first = David | date = 2016-06-27|work=TED Blog|access-date=2018-10-12|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|language=en-US}}</ref>
*2016, [http://blog.ted.com/the-story-of-a-baffling-illness-jen-brea-speaks-at-tedsummit/ The story and stigma of a baffling illness: Jen Brea speaks at TEDSummit]
*2016, [http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/1/c/3/1c390d4707a99658/WMCLive_Episode159.mp3?c_id=11198959&expiration=1458653445&hwt=a2af508e00d7e147da703b67289fe339 Women's Media Center with Robin Morgan]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://secure-hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/1/c/3/1c390d4707a99658/WMCLive_Episode159.mp3?c_id=11198959&cs_id=11198959&expiration=1539364834&hwt=8358265220c7cbb5ffd9b71178756e50 | title = Interview With Jen Brea | last = Morgan | first = Robine | date = 2016 | website = |publisher=Women's Media Center Live|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=}}</ref> (Audio)
*2016, [http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/1/c/3/1c390d4707a99658/WMCLive_Episode159.mp3?c_id=11198959&expiration=1458653445&hwt=a2af508e00d7e147da703b67289fe339 Women's Media Center with Robin Morgan]
 
==Online presence==


==Online Presence==
*[http://www.twitter.com/jenbrea Twitter]
*[http://www.twitter.com/jenbrea Twitter]
*[http://www.jenniferbrea.com Website]
*[http://www.jenniferbrea.com Website]
== See also ==
* [[Severe and very severe ME]]


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 13:55, April 2, 2023

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Jennifer Brea is a filmmaker, activist and myalgic encephalomyelitus (ME) patient. Along with Beth Mazur, she co-founded #MEAction. Jennifer is also the founder of MEpedia and director of Unrest, an award-winning documentary film about living with ME.

Jennifer was initially misdiagnosed with "conversion disorder" instead of ME; she was seriously harmed after a walk home from her neurologist's office when she should have been ordered to get complete bed rest for her best chance of recovery.[1]Jennifer Brea - Canary In A Coal Mine - The Coffee Klatch - Listen @4:00</ref>

In 2012 Jennifer married Omar Wasow[2], a famous TV talk show, film producer[3] and founder of Blackplanet.[4]

Unrest documentary film[edit | edit source]

Jen uses a use a wheelchair keeping her legs up due to POTS as her blood pools into her legs

Jennifer directed and produced the film Unrest which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017 and was on the shortlist for the 2017 Academy Awards.

Articles[edit | edit source]

Talks and interviews[edit | edit source]

Awards[edit | edit source]

Learn more[edit | edit source]

Online presence[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "I made a film from my bed to show my illness is real". BBC News. November 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ Jennifer Bréa, Omar Wasow
  3. ↑ Omar Wasow IMDB
  4. ↑ Blackplanet
  5. ↑ Brea, Jennifer (December 27, 2017). "They told me my illness was all in my head. Was it because I'm a woman? - The Boston Globe". bostonglobe.com. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ Brea, Jennifer (January 18, 2017). "Meet the Artist '17: Jennifer Brea". Youtube. Sundance Institiute.
  7. ↑ Wells, John; Larson, Nell (January 20, 2017). "Sundance Reel hour one - January 20, 2017". KPCW. 31 min. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ Markey, Ed (May 26, 2017). "Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS". YouTube. SolveCFS.
  9. ↑ "Slides of Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS" (PDF). solvecfs.org. May 2017.
  10. ↑ Burgess, Gary (April 20, 2018). "The ME Show". ME Association. ME Association. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  11. ↑ Verrillo, Erica (January 25, 2014). "ProHealth's 2013 Advocate of the Year – Jennifer Brea". prohealth.
  12. ↑ Indiewire (December 9, 2013). "Congrats to 'Canary in a Coal Mine,' November's Project of the Month!". IndieWire. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  13. ↑ Verrillo, Erica (March 5, 2018). "ProHealth is proud to announce its 2017 Patient Advocate of the Year – Jennifer Brea". prohealth.com.
  14. ↑ Colman, David (June 27, 2016). "The story and stigma of a baffling illness: Jen Brea speaks at TEDSummit". TED Blog. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  15. ↑ Morgan, Robine (2016). "Interview With Jen Brea". Women's Media Center Live.
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