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April 09, 2018
Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: Telfair Peet Theatre

The Department of Theatre in the College of Liberal Arts is hosting a special screening of “Unrest,” a Sundance award-winning film by Jennifer Brea, on Monday, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Telfair Peet Theatre.

This special screening is free and open to all. In addition to the general public, we invite medical professionals and anyone who is interested in learning more about Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), often referred to as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
 
To RSVP, register here.
 
The screening will include a panel discussion and a presentation by Dr. Charles W. Lapp, an internationally and nationally recognized ME/CFS advocate, physician and researcher. The founder and former director of the Hunter Hopkins Center, Dr. Lapp has been a board member of the American Association for CFS and the American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association, advisor to ProHealth Incorporated, medical advisor to both the CFIDS Association of America and the National Fibromyalgia Association.
 
“Unrest” portrays twenty-eight year-old Jennifer Brea, PhD student at Harvard. She is months away from marrying the love of her life when she gets a mysterious fever that leaves her bedridden and looking for answers. Disbelieved by doctors yet determined to live, she turns her camera on herself and discovers a hidden world of millions confined to their homes and bedrooms by ME, commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome.
 
“When I got sick, I was shocked to encounter this world I had never heard of and knew nothing about. For decades, people living with ME have been missing from their lives. It’s my hope that in telling this story, we will no longer be relegated to the shadows, that our experience will be seen and recognized,” said Brea.
 
Although this event will not qualify for CE credit for the medical profession at this time, it should be known that online CE is being developed in relationship to the film and its content and will be announced in the near future.
 
To guarantee your seat, register here: Eventbrite
 
To learn more about the film watch the trailer https://unrest.film/trailer
 
To learn more about the global campaign visit https://timeforunrest.org
 
For more information about the screening, contact Robin Jaffe at jaffero@auburn.edu.