Unrest, an award-winning film about chronic fatigue syndrome, will screen at Lawson.
Twenty-eight year-old Jennifer Brea is working on her PhD at Harvard and months away from marrying when she gets a mysterious fever that leaves her bedridden.
She turns her camera on herself - a hidden world of millions confined to their homes and bedrooms by the neuro-immune disease Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, commonly known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
It premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize for editing. It is an important film in the ME/CFS community as it is made by a person experiencing the illness.
This disorder is conservatively estimated to affect between 0.2 per cent and 0.7 per cent of the population, which could be more than 500 people in the Mountains, said Therese Corbett, facilitator of the Blue Mountains ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Support Group.
The group has more than 140 members, a Facebook page and a monthly newsletter. It is an important outreach for people experiencing the illness, who often are isolated and feel misunderstood.
Unrest will screen in Lawson at the Mid Mountains Neighbourhood Centre on Sunday, October 15, at 2pm, sponsored by Bendigo Bank. RSVP appreciated to Danielle: 4759 2592.