| In 1984-85, people at Lake Tahoe fell ill with flu symptoms, but they didn't get better. Medical literature documents similar outbreaks: in 1934 at LA county hospital, in 1948-49 in Iceland, in 1956 in Punta Gorda, Florida. The malady now has a name, chronic fatigue syndrome, and filmmaker Kim Snyder, who suffered from the disease for several years, tells her story and talks to victims and their families, and to physicians and researchers: is it viral, it is psychosomatic, is it one disease or several (a syndrome) ; what's the CDC doing about it; what's it like to have a disease that's not yet understood? Her inquiry takes her to Punta Gorda and to a high-school graduation. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 11, 2000 |
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| Director: | Kim A. Snyder |
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| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | lyme disease, woman director, adrenal gland, chronic fatigue |
| Production Companies | Loka Motion Productions |
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Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: May 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Kim A. Snyder | Self |
| Faye Austin | Self |
| Jan Armstrong | Self |
| Michelle Akers | Self |
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| Kim A. Snyder | Director, Other |
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