Under Our Skin Premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival: An Historic Day For Lyme Disease

Last year I discussed the documentary-in-making called Under Our Skin: The Untold Story of Lyme Disease.

Well, not only is it done...it is premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend! It will be featured in a prime slot Saturday night. Along with the screening, Under Our Skin has been specially chosen to have a discussion panel Sunday night, which includes Amy Tan (who suffers from Chronic Lyme herself), a Lyme doctor, and Robert Bazell, chief medical correspondent for NBC news.

This is truly thrilling! Hopefully this film will shed light on this illness, which today stands where diseases such as HIV/AIDS and Multiple Sclerosis stood years ago. It is only a matter of time until we wake up--in the medical community and beyond.

Bravo to Open Eye Pictures. I encourage you to read the message below that I received announcing the premiere of this documentary.

For those of you who read my blog and are especially interested in Lyme, I encourage you to check out the 'hot link' at the end of this post and read about the director and his statement. His personal experiences with Lyme, how he dismissed his own twin sister's illness, and how he now sees the complexities and seriousness of this disease are amazing.

Blessings,

Emily

BRINGING LYME TO THE LIMELIGHT!

The Tribeca Film Festival is honoring UNDER OUR SKIN and the Lyme disease issue by hosting a special film presentation and "Behind the Screens" panel discussion with festival films representing "truth, clarity and responsibility." Only three films from the festival were chosen for this high-visibility event. UNDER OUR SKIN is one of these three films, and the only documentary.


Best-selling author Amy Tan will be part of the panel discussion, as well as the film's director Andy Abrahams Wilson and Lyme specialist Dr. Richard Horowitz. The discussion will be moderated by NBC Chief Health and Medical Correspondent Robert Bazell.

Sunday, April 27, 6:30PM
Directors Guild of America (DGA)
Theater110
West 57th Street (Between 6th & 7th Avenue)
New York City

Please don't miss this historic screening and panel discussion. The event may sell out, so be sure to purchase tickets in advance:


http://www.tribecafilmfestival.org/filmguide/Under_Our_Skin.html