THE QUIET EPIDEMIC
SAT, 12/3, 11:00am, 102 min SAG HARBOR CINEMA
Q/A with Directors Lindsay Key, Winslow Crane-Murdoch; Producer Chris Hegedus in conversation with Roger Sherman
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Directors: Lindsay Keys, Winslow Crane-Murdoch
Producers: Daria Lombroso, Lindsay Keys, Chris Hegedus
Editors: Mark Harrison, Winslow Crane-Murdoch
Cinematographers: Lindsay Keys, Winslow Crane-Murdoch
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. A paper trail of suppressed scientific research and buried documents reveals why ticks—and the diseases they carry—have been allowed to quietly spread around the globe.
In 2015, each of the co-directors was forced to move home with their families in upstate New York—too ill to sustain their careers and navigate city life. Upon learning they were both filmmakers with Lyme, a nurse practitioner decided to connect them. Thrust into the middle of this controversial medical mystery, they decided to use their cameras to understand the disease that had upended their lives. The Quiet Epidemic is the first feature film for both directors.