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'''Jennifer Brea''' is | '''Jennifer Brea''' is a filmmaker, activist and [[ME]] patient. Along with [[Beth Mazur]], she co-founded #[[MEAction]]. Jennifer is also founder of [[MEpedia]] and director of ''[[Unrest]]'', an award-wining documentary film about living with the illness. ('''[[Jennifer Brea|more]]...''') | ||
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 "[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> | ||
Revision as of 18:23, April 22, 2018
Jennifer Brea is a filmmaker, activist and ME patient. Along with Beth Mazur, she co-founded #MEAction. Jennifer is also founder of MEpedia and director of Unrest, an award-wining documentary film about living with the illness. (more...)
Jennifer was initially misdiagnosed with "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. [1]
"Unrest" Documentary
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.
Articles
- Dec 27, 2017 - They told me my illness was all in my head. Was it because I’m a woman? in The Boston Globe
Talks & Interviews
- May 18, 2017 - Recording of Congressional Briefing on ME/CFS (Slides of briefing)
- January 2017 - TED talk
- January 2017 - Sundance Film Festival - Meet the Artist '17: Jennifer Brea
- January 2017 - Sundance Reel hour one - January 20, 2017 - Interview with Jennifer Brea and Omar Wasow about Unrest (31mins in)
- List of talks and interviews at jenbrea.com
Awards
Learn more
- Wikipedia - Jennifer Brea
- 2016, Women vs. Hysteria No More…
- 2016, The story and stigma of a baffling illness: Jen Brea speaks at TEDSummit
- 2016, Women's Media Center with Robin Morgan
