Andy
Retired committee member
Received an email with this information.
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Last week was a big moment for raising awareness of ME in the UK with the premiere of Unrest!
Part of the film's launch included a preview of Unrest and discussion for MPs & members of the House of Lords in the Speaker’s State Rooms. (See photos here.)
The ME Association and the Unrest team invited all MPs to the event. We were thrilled that over 40 turned up on the day. However, there are still clearly a lot we need to get to! One of the best ways to get them to watch the film is if they get a personal request from their constituency!
Please email and/or call your MP today, asking them if they would like a screener link of the film. You can find a sample note below.
You can find your member here.
Thanks so much for your help to educate and motivate more MPs to take action on ME!
Onward,
The #MEAction Team
Part of the film's launch included a preview of Unrest and discussion for MPs & members of the House of Lords in the Speaker’s State Rooms. (See photos here.)
The ME Association and the Unrest team invited all MPs to the event. We were thrilled that over 40 turned up on the day. However, there are still clearly a lot we need to get to! One of the best ways to get them to watch the film is if they get a personal request from their constituency!
Please email and/or call your MP today, asking them if they would like a screener link of the film. You can find a sample note below.
You can find your member here.
Thanks so much for your help to educate and motivate more MPs to take action on ME!
Onward,
The #MEAction Team
Sample letter:
Dear XXX,
I am writing because I heard that you were not able to attend a screening of the award-winning documentary, Unrest and discussion about ME for members of Parliament and the House of Lords that occurred on 24th October in the Speaker’s State Rooms. You can watch a short trailer of the film here:Code:https://youtu.be/JvK5s9BNLzA
As your constituent, I urge you to watch Unrest to better understand the challenges ME patients and their families face seeking diagnosis and accessing care. The film team has offered to send screeners to any Member of Parliament who requests a copy. To request a copy of the full film please reply to lucy@shellafilms.com.
For decades, 250,000 ME patients in Britain – and their families and carers – have not had adequate access to diagnosis, treatment, care or medical research.
Unrest will bring you inside the hidden world of patients and families living with this ME. Critics are calling it "riveting...equal parts medical mystery, science lesson, political advocacy primer and even a love story." It opened last week in theaters across the UK. You can read more here:
ITV News:BBC Breakfast:Code:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UVmIc6FKnEThe Daily Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-f...change-way-perceive-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/Code:https://youtu.be/ZRAM7Q2nx10
BBC / Mark Kermode:The Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/our-lives-were-frozen-by-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-rdftnm75pCode:https://youtu.be/NGoK56TdNQY
The Pool: https://www.the-pool.com/health/hea...lks-to-jennifer-brea-about-unrest-documentary
Thank you much for your commitment to this issue.
Sincerely,
XXX
About Unrest:
Twenty-eight year-old Jennifer Brea is working on her PhD at Harvard and 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.
At its core, Unrest is a love story. Together, Jen and her new husband, Omar, must find a way to build a life and fight for a cure. Their struggle to forge their relationship while dealing with her mysterious illness is at once heartbreaking, inspiring and funny.
Unrest world-premiered January in the documentary competition at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize for editing. It has since screened at SxSW, CPHOX, HotDocs, River Run (Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature), the Nashville Film Festival (Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature), and the Sheffield Doc/Fest (Illuminate Award). It also has a companion VR piece which premiered at Tribeca and won the Jury Award for best VR at Sheffield/DocFest.
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