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Unrest

2017 97 min English NR

When Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, doctors tell her it’s "all in her head." Determined to live, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story—and four other families' stories—fighting a disease medicine forgot.

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59 people

Jennifer Brea Director · Kim Roberts Writer

United States release January 8, 2017 · Produced in Denmark, United Kingdom, United States · Languages Danish, English

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Shella Films

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Impact Partners

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Chicken & Egg Films

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Little by Little Films

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Independent Lens

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Denmark · United Kingdom · United States

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Original language

English

Spoken on screen

Danish · English

Release dates

United States · January 8, 2017

TV · PBS http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/unrest/

United Kingdom · October 20, 2017

Theatrical

United States

January 20, 2017 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival

France

October 10, 2017 · Digital · VOD

May 7, 2021 · Digital · Netflix

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