PODUCER JENNIFER BREA SOFTWARE

The San Francisco-based Menageds are behind the Menaged Foundation and make their Sundance debut as executive producers with this project. She is also an associate producer of fellow 2017 US Documentary Competition title CHASING CORAL.Įliassen is an entrepreneur whose personal experience with ME/CFS has led to her extensive philanthropic work related to the condition. She previously worked in animation and special effects for Hollywood studio films and taught digital media and graphics.

PODUCER JENNIFER BREA SOFTWARE

Weinman is a founder of the LinkedIn-acquired online software training website. Impact Films’ Co-Founder/Executive Director Cogan is also an executive producer of three other US Documentary Competition titles this year – DINA, ICARUS, STEP, and TROPHY – and the Documentary Premieres title BENDING THE ARC. The Artemis Rising Foundation philanthropist is also an executive producer for fellow 2017 US Documentary Competition title STEP. Harnisch is a former journalist whose Harnisch Foundation supports gender and racial equality and inclusivity.

Hoffman was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature Academy Award for both of the above films, and is also known as a documentary editor, having cut Sundance alumni such as THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILK (1985).

LONG NIGHT’S JOURNEY INTO DAY (2000, director/editor, Sundance Documentary Grand Jury Prize)ĬOMPLAINTS OF A DUTIFUL DAUGHTER (1995, director/producer/editor) This is the Danish freelance journalist and producer’s first film credit. This is her first film as part of the festival. Nahmias’ directorial debut UNFINISHED SPACES was part of Sundance Film Forward, a touring program of the Sundance Institute revolving around cultural dialogue. Gillespie also served as a line producer on fellow 2017 US Documentary Competition title WHOSE STREETS?. She previously directed and produced the SXSW-debuting LOST AND SOUND. This is Brea’s directorial debut, which was supported by the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program. UNREST is a vulnerable and eloquent personal documentary that is sure to hit closer to home than many could imagine. Jennifer Brea’s wonderfully honest portrayal asks us to rethink the stigma around an illness that affects millions of people.

Utilizing Skype, she unlocks a forgotten community with intimate portraits of four other families suffering similarly. Often confined by her illness to the private space of her bed, Jen is moved to connect with others around the globe. In this story of love and loss, newlyweds Jennifer and Omar search for answers as they face unexpected obstacles with great heart. Hoping to shed light on her strange symptoms, Jennifer grabs a camera and films the darkest moments unfolding before her eyes as she is derailed by ME (commonly known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), a mysterious illness some still believe is “all in your head.” Jennifer Brea is an active Harvard PhD student about to marry the love of her life when suddenly her body starts failing her. Jennifer Brea gives viewers a candid look at life with a debilitating and widely misunderstood medical condition.

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