Inspiration, information and empowerment regarding the topic of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is expected this week with the screening of movie documentary Unrest on the Gold Coast.
The Sundance Festival award-winning documentary about the condition will be screened on October 12 by the support group ‘Young People with ME/CFS on the Gold Coast’ and will feature a talk by Griffith’s Professor Don Staines, co-director of Griffith University’s National Centre of Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases (NCNED).
CFS (and the related Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)) is currently a very misunderstood yet, prevalent illness, often hitting people just as their lives are meant to take off and is estimated to affect 1.2 per cent of the population.
Unrest is a complex story of hope and resilience, depicting the “hidden” patient experience of post-exertional crashes and touching on the worldwide impact of CFS/ME on patients, their families, the health care system and the tax-payer.
A powerful film
At 97 minutes long,
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