Tag: film

activism, body, disability, health, long covid

Chronic Illness Storytime: Unrest

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Movie poster for the film Unrest. It shows a woman lying on a white bed with brain monitor cords attached to her head. The poster has movie information at the top, including icons some of the awards that it won.

You have to be able to hold two things in your head. This illness destroyed my life. But what it showed me, I could never give that back.

Jennifer Brea, Unrest

Please watch this film. It’s the story you didn’t know you needed. If you want to understand what Long COVID is about, all the articles and essays in the world won’t get you as far as Unrest. No matter that it came out in 2017 before the pandemic. The chronic illnesses that can ravage a body (and a population) after an infection have been around as long as people have.

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