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[[File:Jennifer Brea.png|thumb|right|]] '''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 "[[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> 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> ==''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== *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> *[http://jenbrea.com/media List of talks and interviews at jenbrea.com] == Awards == *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> *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== *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Brea Wikipedia - Jennifer Brea] *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://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) ==Online presence== *[http://www.twitter.com/jenbrea Twitter] *[http://www.jenniferbrea.com Website] == See also == * [[Severe and very severe ME]] == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:People with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Advocates or allies]] [[Category:American advocates or allies]]
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