Unrest
Oct 20, 2017 | IMDB 7
97 min Watch NowDocumentary
When Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, doctors tell her it’s "all in her head." Determined to live, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story—and four other families' stories—fighting a disease medicine forgot.
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IMDB 7.5 | Nov , 2020
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IMDB 7 | Jun , 2007
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IMDB 6.6 | Jan , 2014
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IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 2003
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IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2014
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2014
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IMDB 7.5 | Jan , 2014
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IMDB 7.9 | Jun , 2014
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IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 2014
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IMDB 5.6 | Jan , 2014
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IMDB 7.8 | Sep , 2019
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