Unrest(Movie, 2017)

Unrest is a 2017 documentary film produced and directed by Jennifer Brea. The film tells the story of how Jennifer and her new husband faced an illness that struck Jennifer just before they married. Initially dismissed by doctors, she starts filming herself to document her illness and connects with others who are home- or bedbound with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. The documentary was produced over a four year period, in which Brea was mostly bed-bound. The documentary shows Brea's route to diagnosis and the world of other people homebound with the illness. Unrest was shortlisted for the Academy Award for best documentary feature, and won several film festival awards, including the jury award for editing at the Sundance Film Festival. ()