{"id":94797,"date":"2022-04-18T17:52:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/the-quiet-epidemic-debuts-trailer-ahead-of-hot-docs-premiere\/"},"modified":"2022-04-18T17:52:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T12:22:59","slug":"the-quiet-epidemic-debuts-trailer-ahead-of-hot-docs-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/the-quiet-epidemic-debuts-trailer-ahead-of-hot-docs-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Quiet Epidemic’ Debuts Trailer Ahead of Hot Docs Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThe Quiet Epidemic,\u201d a feature documentary about the tick-borne illness Lyme Disease, has released its trailer ahead of the film\u2019s premiere in the Special Presentations category at the Hot Docs film festival in Toronto on May 2. <\/p>\n

The film is co-directed by Lindsay Keys and Winslow Crane-Murdoch, and the producers are Chris Hegedus, who was Oscar nominated with D.A. Pennebaker for \u201cThe War Room,\u201d and Daria Lombroso, whose credits include \u201cMost Likely to Succeed.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Keys and Crane-Murdoch met through their Lyme Disease doctor\u2019s office in 2015. \u201cThe Quiet Epidemic\u201d results from their seven-year effort to reveal the truth about the illness, which strikes more than 500,000 people each year in the U.S. alone. Some 10-20% of those who receive a diagnosis and treatment remain sick after treatment. The filmmakers disclose new medical data and scientific discoveries, most of which \u2013 the filmmakers allege \u2013 have been denied or misinterpreted by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and by extension, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n

Keys and Crane-Murdoch stated: \u201cLyme Disease was first discovered in 1975, yet there has been very little progress for patients. Meanwhile, ticks are spreading life-threatening diseases around the world. Some people are left without a cure, and many without a diagnosis in the first place. We cannot wait for effective diagnostics and therapeutics any longer. We hope this film can be the catalyst to awaken the public to this growing and common threat.\u201d <\/p>\n

The documentary centers on the highly emotional debate between patients and doctors, who are still relying on a CDC-approved test with a 50% accuracy rate. It follows a girl from Brooklyn and a Duke University scientist both diagnosed with Chronic Lyme Disease, which some claim does not exist. \u201cThe Quiet Epidemic\u201d follows their search for answers, which lands them in the middle of a decades-long medical controversy. What begins as a patient story evolves into an investigation into the history of Lyme Disease, dating back to its discovery. Finally, a paper trail of under-reported scientific research and buried documents reveal why ticks\u2014and the diseases they carry\u2014have quietly spread around the globe.<\/p>\n

The movie will premiere on May 2 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Theater, a timely kickoff to Lyme Awareness Month in the U.S. and Canada. It will screen again May 6 at Isabel Bader Theater. Both screenings will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. The film will also be available in the Hot Docs virtual screening room, which is geo-blocked to Canada.<\/p>\n

The editor is Mark Harrison (\u201cThe Lion\u2019s Share\u201d) and the supervising editor is Doug Blush (\u201cIcarus,\u201d \u201c20 Feet From Stardom\u201d). This is Keys\u2019 and Crane-Murdoch\u2019s feature film debut.<\/p>\n

A social impact campaign will accompany the film\u2019s release and include grassroots screenings, social media engagement, and political advocacy. The film team is calling on the global medical, scientific, and political communities to join forces and find much-needed and long-overdue answers. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Quiet Epidemic,\u201d a feature documentary about the tick-borne illness Lyme Disease, has released its trailer ahead of the film\u2019s premiere in the Special Presentations category at the Hot Docs film festival in Toronto on May 2. The film is co-directed by Lindsay Keys and Winslow Crane-Murdoch, and the producers are Chris Hegedus, who was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":94798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/The-Quiet-Epidemic-Debuts-Trailer-Ahead-of-Hot-Docs-Premiere.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}