The event took place in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday, August 11, 2023 at 6 pm for a special live screening of the award-winning documentary “The Quiet Epidemic.”
LOCATION: The Screening Room at 1313 — Wilmington’s new independent film theater located in the Lower Atrium at 1313 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 | Phone 302-409-0752
Watch the recorded 35-minute acoustic performance from Gregg Kirk of the Ticked Off Foundation >
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THE EVENT:
- 6-7:00 pm: Meet & Greet cocktail hour with live acoustic performances from regional artists affected by the disease
- 7:00 pm: “The Quiet Epidemic” screening
- 8:45 pm: After-Documentary Q&A and panel discussion with Judy Setting from the Delaware Lyme Disease Education Oversight Board, Ashley Kennedy (tick biologist from DNREC) and Gregg Kirk from the Ticked Off Foundation patient treatment advocacy.
- Booksigning with Fred Diamond, author of “Love, Hope, Lyme: What Family Members, Partners, and Friends Who Love a Chronic Lyme Survivor Need to Know”
- Booksigning with Gregg Kirk, author of “The Gratitude Curve: Using the lessons of chronic illness to reach personal empowerment”
- Free treatment giveaways from Nutramedix (Cowden Protocol) & CellCore!
Special thanks to Kerri Whittaker Santos (Delaware Lyme Disease Education Oversight Board), Fred Diamond, and Beverly Zimmerman (The Screening Room) for helping to make this event a success!
THE DOCUMENTARY:
After years of living with mysterious symptoms, a young girl from Brooklyn and a Duke University scientist are diagnosed with a disease said to not exist: Chronic Lyme disease. The Quiet Epidemic follows their search for answers, which lands them in the middle of a vicious medical debate.
What begins as a patient story evolves into an investigation into the history of Lyme disease, dating back to its discovery in 1975. A paper trail of suppressed scientific research and buried documents reveal why ticks and the diseases they carry have been allowed to quietly spread around the globe.
Directed by Winslow Crane-Murdoch, Lindsay Keys (both of whom are Lyme disease patients). Run time is 102 mins | Rated TBC | Documentary
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