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I am a caregiver for my daughter who has CFIDS (Chronic Fatigue Immune Disfunction Syndrome). This well made and fast moving documentary helped me understand what she is going through and what to expect in the future. When she watched it, she felt understood and validated. We have lent and given copies to many doctors, relatives, and friends who all have learned from it and appreciated our sharing it.
I highly recommend "I Remember Me" to anyone who has CFIDS (also called CFS) or is a caregiver, doctor, relative or friend of someone who has it. It is a great tool for educating the public about this devastating and life destroying illness.
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This documentary is both a personal story of the experience of chronic fatigue by the documentary maker and an exploration of other people's experience of the disease and the response of the scientific and medical community to it in America. The documentary serves as an exercise in trying to understand the mysterious condition for the documentary maker as well as trying to explain it to others. There are a variety of different approaches adopted - stories from people severely struck with the disease, to doctors wholly sympathetic and wholly unsympathetic to the sufferers of the disease.
At its best points the documentary is a poignant study in some basic existential questions - health, dis-ease, perception, understanding, doubt, and care. However, the overall effect is a slightly scattered one - with no one aspect of the CFS puzzle given enough attention to make it wholly engaging. Perhaps one of the difficulties with this subject matter is the lack of coherence in the entity itself, making it difficult to generate a central thesis for a documentary about it. It does, however, raise interesting questions about the nature and response to the disease, and may well serve as an introduction to an understanding of CFS and its issues, though to more informed audiences it offers little new.
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I became aware of this documentary at a CFIDS conference I recently attended. I rented it immediately, and for the first time since I was diagnosed with CFIDS (about 3 months ago), I didn't feel alone. I had my mother watch it, and it helped her understand what I have been going through. I will be lending it to my family and friends, as it explains my new life better than I can. I highly recommend this documentary to anyone who is suffering from CFIDS or has a loved one with this misunderstood illness.
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This film conveys the frustration, confusion, the pain of no support that every person who suffers from CFS experiences. It does it in a unique way that finally gives outsiders an intimate view of the life of CFS. It shows the range of affliction and suffering. Bravo, a fabulous tribute to all who have CFS.
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It is very hard to understand CFS from the outside looking in, but this is a good way to begin. Unlike books, the emotions that accompany this illness are expressed in such a way as to vibrate all the way into your soul.
I should make a technical note. The use of camera angles and shake may come off as gimicky. As a photojournalist I have no problem with the methods employed, but from my stand point as an editor whatever method you use, it has to work.
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