Lyme Disease Exposé ‘The Quiet Epidemic’ Debuts Trailer Ahead of Hot Docs Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features Editor“The Quiet Epidemic,” a feature documentary about the tick-borne illness Lyme Disease, has released its trailer ahead of the film’s 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 Oscar nominated with D.A.
Pennebaker for “The War Room,” and Daria Lombroso, whose credits include “Most Likely to Succeed.” Keys and Crane-Murdoch met through their Lyme Disease doctor’s office in 2015. “The Quiet Epidemic” 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 – the filmmakers allege – 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.Keys and Crane-Murdoch stated: “Lyme Disease was first discovered in 1975, yet there has been very little progress for patients.
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