主人公のクレア・ベネットが、妻に先立たれた男に恋とも同情ともつかぬ感情を抱いて近づいたり、かと思えばその亡くなった妻の生々しい幻影に付きまとわれたりする、どことなく滑稽な彼女の日常を描く。介護人でもあるしっかり者の家政婦に支えられながら、クレアが人間的なつながりを探し求め、自分を許せるようになるまでを綴った救済と再生の物語。
心身ともに疲弊した映画監督が昔を回想し、記憶の旅を繰り広げていく。スペインの世界的名匠、ペドロ・アルモドバル監督がアントニオ・バンデラス主演で放った自伝的作品。ペネロペ・クルスが特別出演している。
慢性疲労症候群。博士課程の途中でこの病に倒れた女性が、自らの姿にカメラを向け、重篤ながら"怠け"と誤解されがちな疾患の理解を呼びかけるドキュメンタリー。
Inside the dramatic search for a cure to ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). 17 million people around the world suffer from what ME/CFS has been known as a mystery illness, delegated to the psychological realm, until now. A scientist in the only neuro immune institute in the world may have come up with the answer. An important human drama, plays out on the quest for the truth.
Drawing on the book of the same name, League of Denial crafts a searing two-hour indictment of the National Football League’s decades-long concealment of the link between football related head injuries and brain disorders.
‘Voices from the Shadows’ shows the brave and sometimes heartrending stories of five ME patients and their carers, along with input from Dr Nigel Speight, Prof Leonard Jason and Prof Malcolm Hooper. These were filmed and edited between 2009 and 2011, by the brother and mother of an ME patient in the UK. It shows the devastating consequences that occur when patients are disbelieved and the illness is misunderstood. Severe and lasting relapse occurs when patients are given inappropriate psychological or behavioural management: management that ignores the severe amplification of symptoms that can be caused by increased physical or mental activity or exposure to stimuli, and by further infections. A belief in behavioural and psychological causes, particularly when ME becomes very severe and chronic, following mismanagement, is still taught to medical students and healthcare professionals in the UK. As a consequence, situations similar to those shown in the film continue to occur.
THE SCIENCE OF TAPPING is a collection of videos about the practice of Emotional Freedom Techniques (or "tapping"). Tapping techniques are interventions that apply principles of Chinese medicine for self-regulation — especially for the relief of chronic stress, anxiety, or pain. Interviewees discuss the evidence basis for the benefits of manually percussing some associated acupuncture points.