Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"
A gripping tale of microbes, medicine & money, this eye-opening film investigates the untold story of Lyme disease, an emerging epidemic larger than AIDS. Official website: http://underourskin.com

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Release Date:
June 19, 2009
Genre:
Documentary
Studio:
Open Eye Pictures

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Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" Andy Abrahams Wilson will be on a radio program in Baltimore Wednesday, July 8th at 12 noon ET. You can listen on-line. http://www.wypr.org/midday.html

Source: www.wypr.org
You can contact Middayby sending your email tomidday@wypr.org.Midday is produced by Marcus Charleston and Claire Caplan.
Mary
Mary
Click on the link. I'm listening to it now.
Dianne
Dianne
This was excellent. Good and honest conversation although it was sad to hear what some top doctors think about Chronic Lyme...why do we know better and not those that we trust to help us? You can listen to a rebroadcast http://www.wypr.org/midday.html
Also good to hear that Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut has introduced Lyme and Tick-Borne ... Read MoreDisease Prevention, Education, and Research Act
Read up on the bill...http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/hotnews/lyme-disease-legislation-introduced.html
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" UNDER OUR SKIN opens at the historic Senator Theatre in Baltimore on July 10th for a weeklong run. In conjunction with the screening, a Lyme awareness rally is planned for Saturday, July 11th at 2:00pm (rain or shine) on the sidewalk in front of the theatre. For further information, event organizer Tom Robey can be contacted at: tomro62@comcast.net (and stay tuned for a lot of TV and radio coverage in Baltimore).

Source: www.senator.com
WinnerBest DocumentaryCamden Int'l Film Festival - Durango Ind. Film FestivalSonoma Int'l Film Festival - Houston Int'l Film Festival
Hal
Hal
YES ME TOO
Christina
Christina
me 3!
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"
us 4!!
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" The UNDER OUR SKIN July e-news is out. Join, watch, educate, take action!

Source: tinyurl.com
On opening weekend in New York City, UNDER OUR SKIN tied Francis Ford Copolla's new film TETRO for per theater average box-office return! This was, in part, due to the generosity of Turn the Corner Foundation, who bought out two shows, and sponsored a special panel discussion on opening night. ...
Peninah
Peninah
This movie was the first place I ever had anyone explain what was happening to my body. I have symptoms similar to Mandy and it's very frightening when no ER doc, no home health nurse, NO one knows what is happening to you, or how to help.
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"
Jamie
Jamie
Apart form the subject matter of the film, which may or may not not be of interest to the general public, it was a an excellent filnm and well worth watching by anyone,
Dayle
Dayle
This SHOULD be of interest to the general public. This could be their story, and if they see this film, they will understand that... and understand what they will be up against if they do acquire Lyme disease or the other tick-borne diseases.
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" Hot! UNDER OUR SKIN gets great coverage in Vanity Fair. Check out this interview with director Andy Abrahams Wilson, and be sure to add a comment or note of appreciation online to show editors the demand for and interest in the issue.

Source: www.vanityfair.com
From world affairs to entertainment, business to fashion, crime to society, Vanity Fair is a cultural catalyst that drives the popular dialogue globally.
Ruth
Ruth
On days like that (bad Lyme flare-up days) I wish all the Infectious Disease Doctors in the world had been bit by a tiny tick. Shame on me.....
Kristine
Kristine
I think we all wish the same thing...but only on the bad infectious disease doc's :)
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" After first week, UNDER OUR SKIN ties with Coppola's new film TETRO for per theater box-office return!! Turn The Corner Foundation's generous buy-out of two NY shows helped. This weekend we're not faring as well. Keep Lyme in the limelight by voting for change now at the box-office!

Source: www.underourskin.com
Open Eye Pictures: Under Our Skin. A Dramatic Tale Of Microbes, Medicine and Money, this eye-opening film investigates the untold story of Lyme disease, an emerging epidemic larger than AIDS.
Jonathan
Jonathan
Re: "Wish it would show in Utah!"

"In absence of possible theatrical screenings in your area, in some cases you may be able to organize a community screening." http://www.underourskin.com/screenings_host.html

Don't be intimidated. My wife and I recently hosted one. We met many people who were VERY grateful. One person told us it was "LIFE-CHANGING"!... Read More

Until then, buy a bunch of DVDs... The cost is insignificant if it helps just ONE person. We have 5 copies that we've been sharing and the more people that we tell about it, the more people want to see it. We've shared them with friends, family, doctors, nurses,... Even the guys who mow the lawn!! My wife has even invited the moms from the playground.

You never know what will happen or how far it will go... The owner of the lawn-care company wants all of his workers to see it. The visiting nurse is going to buy an educational copy to use as a training aid. Imagine how many people can be educated just by you!
Donna
Donna
Will this be showing all over the nation?????? How do I find out Carmel? You know I want to know more!!!!
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" A reminder to all UNDER OUR SKIN fans in the Washington, DC area. The film is playing at the Avalon Theatre on Connecticut Ave. Please show your support by seeing the film this weekend. Thanks!

Christina
Christina
Hey KB, I thought I'd see your pic in this group, no?
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" No theater near you? Have a "virtual theater party"! Novel idea from the California Lyme Disease Association to help build the buzz and the movement.

Source: www.lymedisease.org
I don’t know about you all, but I’m terribly disappointed that I live too far away to attend any of the moviehouses showing Under Our Skin this week. After all, the theatrical release of this film is one of the biggest events to hit the Lyme world, ever. ...
Steven
Steven
Contact your local Mensa chapter and see if they'd like to host a screening at their monthly chapter meeting - http://us.mensa.org - My chapter's Program Director is working on a Lyme speaker now and we have a local screening coming up.
Laurie
Laurie
The movie is coming to Baltimore on July 10th...The Senator Theater.
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"
In late May, Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf delivered DVDs of UNDER OUR SKIN to every member of the Senate and House Health Appropriations Committees–almost 100 of them...
Ann
Ann
Under Our Skin showing in July . kilkenny, Laois. tipperary and Carlow .S.E. Ireland.Starting 2nd july in kilkenny.I got bitten in the States in '95
Deanna
Deanna
That's great that you provided them - I hope our Senators will take the time to watch and learn!!
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"
All nationwide theatrical screenings of UNDER OUR SKIN on Saturday, June 27th are presented in conjunction with President Obama’s Organizing for America’s National Health Care Day of Service...
Kristin
Kristin
You know, last night I had an epiphany. There are celebrities who admit they have Lyme, but there's no real advocate that's step up. President Bush was even diagnosed with Lyme. You think he would have clarified the medical guidelines
and insurance coverages. The most powerful man in the world at the time had Lyme and shrugged.
Susie
Susie
There are so many people suffering daily from the effects of chronic lyme that to say it doesn't exist is ridiculous!!!
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"
Three days after the theatrical release of UNDER OUR SKIN, enthusiastic reviews are accumulating...
Jennifer
Jennifer
This movie will undoubtedly change the lives of perhaps millions. Thanks to all who paricipated in it! Let's all hope for 'best documentary'!
Anne
Anne
Go to this website to find out all the details for the San Diego showing!! MUST SEE FILM! http://windaided.com/underourskin.aspx
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" Andy and Mandy attend the theatrical premiere of UNDER OUR SKIN on June 19th at the IFC Center in New York.

Linda
Linda
Great to see the success of the theatrical opening. Hoping it will come to Seattle!
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"
Ask your local independent theater to bring the film to your community. Useful tips: http://www.facebook.com/UNDEROURSKIN#/note.php?note_id=86499123548&ref=mf
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" SPREAD THE WORD! We need to sell more tickets NOW in NY for a good box-office showing: http://bit.ly/nq0KP

Source: bit.ly
A taut, suspenseful tale of microbes, medicine and money, UNDER OUR SKIN investigates the untold story of Lyme disease, an emerging epidemic with staggering potential ramifications. Each year thousands ...
Tami
Tami
How I wish I could get down to San Diego from PDX to see it!! Too sick to make it right now but rooting for the filmmakers, the producers and all those in the midst of this terrible struggle!
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Though I can't make it, will buy a ticket anyway!
Mary
Mary
Marie, I live alone and have it. Just knowing you care makes a huge difference to her, I am very sure.
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" UNDER OUR SKIN opens to rave reviews. Hollywood Reporter calls it "Infectiously persuasive...targets both the heart and brain."

Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com
Both informative and persuasive,
Barbara
Barbara
Oh Joel, Thank you! That is such great news! I'll email, them! My daughter has been suffereing for almost one year and that's long enough! We watched the movie already as well and wonder how so many people can be so blind and ignorrant!!!!! Lyme has affected EVERY part of her body, just as it does w/ so many. When that man in the movie ... Read Morepoured out all the drugs he had been given that didn't work, I thought and here I was upset about the misdiagnoses she had gotten which were only a few compared to him! But they were a few too many for us and she almost had heart surgery because of it. There are so many Dutchess County residents that need this help! Thanks for your encouraging message. I hope you are able to obtain a copy to show to the legislators! Maybe Dr. Bock or Dr. Horowitz would speak on the issue...it sure would be nice to have someone listen and help.
Tami
Tami
Wish that movie was playing in Utah! I've suspected Lyme for years and it hurts every part of my body!! I wouldn't be able to move at all if I I didn't exercise a lot but it's so hard to exercise or do anything at all!! My mother in law just recently died from it and it showed up as Parkinson's Disease. She couldn't get out of her chair for at ... Read Moreleast a year - the pain was unbearable to her as it is to me! She hoped to die every day. I would too if I didn't have a family I love so much and that is so supportive.
Janet
Janet
Many suffer all over the world from this disease. Government must start listening. They will have too. Because guess what, you can't pay taxes if you are unable to work from this disease.
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" UNDER OUR SKIN opens in NYC/Request Your HelpToday at 12:17pmHi All,
UNDER OUR SKIN opens today @ the IFC Center in NYC today-and runs thru June 25th.

If you can, please spread the word--on your Facebook page, thru Twitter or simply by word-of-mouth. (Let's trend #1 on Twitter again!)

Here are some links worth mentioning as well:
IFC:
http://www.ifccenter.com/films/under-our-skin/

FOX News NY (great sto

Source: www.ifccenter.com
A taut, suspenseful tale of microbes, medicine and money, UNDER OUR SKIN investigates the untold story of Lyme disease, an emerging epidemic with staggering potential ramifications. Each year thousands ...
Meredith
Meredith
SHowed this film many times in Florida last winter. Every time many people showed up and all were moved by this story. IT is a great service to a community who is so naive about the dangers of lyme. Keep helping others out- talk about this, help people afflicted, go to support groups, or better yet, start one!
Michelle
Michelle
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" Watch video: UNDER OUR SKIN featured on Fox News New York
Movie opens tonight in New York City
http://www.myfoxny.com/

Source: www.myfoxny.com
Lyme Disease is one of the hardest diseases for some doctors to identify. Many of us don't know much about it either. Now a new documentary is hoping to change all that. Dr. Sapna Parikh saw the documentary. She talked about it on …
Joyce
Joyce
You are absolutely correct, Janet. Brainfog, I meant to say
a few HOURS!!
Cheryl
Cheryl
Andrea.. I hear ya... this is so complicated - most likely there cannot be just one protocol - however, there should be a standard starting point, and doctors who are smart enough to test and understand the co-infections - most drs are not even looking for the co-infections! right now, it seems like the only standard treatment is 4 weeks doxy... ... Read Morewhich we know is simply not enough! absolutely more research is needed - and our CDC needs to be up to date. keep on blogging and hopefully change is coming.....best of luck in your fight. keep hope.
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"
Source: movies.nytimes.com
“Under Our Skin,” Andy Abrahams Wilson’s inflammatory documentary about the tick-borne ailment Lyme disease, is scary enough to make the faint of heart decide never to venture into the woods or to lie on the grass again without protective covering. ...
Lisa
Lisa
Good review! Glad to see it. This is a great film and should be widely viewed.
Cheryl
Cheryl
go on the Times website and leave a 'review' of the review and rate the film....keep the buzz going!
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" Listen to UOS filmmaker Andy Abrahams Wilson and prominently profiled patient Mandy Hughes on the Leonard Lopate Show June 19 at 12 noon EST (until 12:40), http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/

You can listen on -line.

Source: www.wnyc.org
Host Leonard Lopate lets you in on the best conversations with writers, actors, ex-presidents, dancers, scientists, comedians, historians, grammarians, curators, filmmakers, and do-it-yourself experts. ...
Brian
Brian
It was the segment on NPR that brought me to see the film on Sat. Thanks for the awareness and opportunity to meet Andy, Mandy and Ellie. I plan to host a screening of the film August 1st in our rural community of Danville, PA
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" Great new movie review: "Head-spinning...riveting...a rigorously researched and highly thorough piece of investigative reporting."
- Lauren Wissot, Slant.com
http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=4356

Source: www.slantmagazine.com
A film review of Under Our Skin
Jim
Jim
I've read the 'Cure Unknown'...its pretty scary, especially considering the explosion in the population of deer here in NJ.
Michelle
Michelle
Join us for the showing in San Diego
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=103812283544
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"
This is our chance to get the issue of Lyme disease (and the broken healthcare system it uncovers) before a mainstream audience. But we must come out in numbers so that UNDER OUR SKIN will open in more and more markets, increasing exposure and publicity...
Kristen
Kristen
Yes! You are Herxing! Do not stop your Meds! You will feel new Sym before you get better and you may get more. When you take the meds it wakes up the spirochete's and causes new sym and old. just rest and when you can workout they hate heat! Good luck! Stay away from fat in your diet! try a Lyme buster Drink! 2 cups of raw spainch



2or 3 frozen strawberrys... Read More



1 pair green



1 cup of water



1 cup of Ice



blend and drink!

Gator lyme mom
Jacques
Jacques
thanks kristen
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" Promote UNDER OUR SKIN in theaters! Check out these ready-made promotional flyers: print them, post them, share them, email them! Just click to download the individual flyer for your local theater. We'll be adding more as we get more bookings.

Source: www.underourskin.com
Melissa
Melissa
janet, i have had iv's but orals can work. it just takes longer. make sure you read the 2004 joseph burrascano article and note the symptoms for co infections. getting rid of co infections w/ orals first is the key! i was on iv rocephin for a year and it did nothing b/c i had bartonella, babesia and erlichiosis. i take 3 oral antibiotic, which target different infections, and a weekly bicillin shot to get into my brain. good luck.
Steven
Steven
What, no Philadelphia? My Lisa has had Lyme for a year now. Not even at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute? (824 West Lancaster Avenue, B.M., 19010)
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" Andy Abrahams Wilson, director of UNDER OUR SKIN, will be partipcate in a radio interview tonight Wednesday, June 10th beginning at 8 PM.
Learn more about the fastest spreading epidemic in the US by listening to
the program on the internet at www.liftfm.com
If you have questions email: lymeaudio@hotmail.com

Source: www.liftfm.com
We want to play the songs you want to hear. If you hear a song that you particularly like or dislike tell us so that we can refine our playlist for you.
Ashley
Ashley
Is there a link to listen to this now? I couldn't find it was on the liftfm website.
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" Woman's Day Magazine writes about UNDER OUR SKIN. They are interested in writing something in their magazine, if they get enough interest from the blog.
http://dailywd.womansday.com/blog/daily-dose/

Source: dailywd.womansday.com
Check out this daily blog from the Editors at WomansDay.com featuring the latest news about Recipes, Food, Fitness, Dieting, Cooking, Aging, Celebrities and more.
Meghan
Meghan
I cried when I watched the dvd preview, just like watching my life. Years of being misdianosed and told I was crazy to being treated, getting better then worse then being told there is no more that can be done. I know am receiving treatment out of state, and I hope everyone sees this movie..because know one can understand life with Lymes unless you live it.
Jim
Jim
Great awareness movie, we fought the battle on Asberger's for years with one kid, and now Lyme with the other(27) . Its a long road.
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"
On February 28, 2007, the UNDER OUR SKIN film crew interviewed Willy Burgdorfer, Ph.D., M.D., and Scientist Emeritus at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for three hours at his home in Hamilton, Montana. Dr...
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" You can purchase the preview edition DVD of the full film before it's discontinued on June 8th. The retail edition with bonus features will be available in August or September.

Source: www.underourskin.com
Open Eye Pictures: Under Our Skin. A Dramatic Tale Of Microbes, Medicine and Money, this eye-opening film investigates the untold story of Lyme disease, an emerging epidemic larger than AIDS.
Melissa
Melissa
it is impossible for anyone to imagine how awful this disease is, even watching the documentary.

my advice about treatment is to read Joseph Burrascano's 2004 article on lyme. THE TRICK IS TO KILL THE CO INFECTIONS! he lists them and their symptoms- blood tests are still not reliable- and the meds that kill them. every co infection requires different antibiotics or meds. so if your dr has just parked you on just one antibiotic( like rocephin), not all the bases will be covered. antibiotics need to be sustained at high enough levels!

about supplements, these are the basics- antioxidants, any supplement to correct a deficiency( iron, iodine, vitamin d are common), vitamin b, (vitamin c for epstien barr )vitamin d taken w/ omega 3's, detoxifiers, and binders to eliminate dying "bugs". ... Read More

the best diet is the alkaline diet. almost all the drs agree it is best for all chronic illnesses. also bacteria thrives on sugar - so cut out the sweets and simple carbs.
Chris
Chris
I had Hodgekin's Lymphoma when I was younger. It was easier to treat and quite honestly easier to live with than Lyme. At least doctors admitted I had issues when I had cancer. I can't tell you how many incorrect diagnoses I got for years until I met the right doctor that ran the right (CD 57) tests.

Without a doubt Lyme is not being addressed... Read More because of the cost to insurance companies. The tests are expensive the treatment can be costly and for them that is bad business. Instead individuals and their families are left to suffer either unknowingly infected or infected but with no options for treatment. It is a shame health care has become a business where the bottom line is to make money.
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" Watch and share! UNDER OUR SKIN trailer now on Hulu!

Source: www.hulu.com
Video description: Lyme disease and the controversies surrounding it.
Cheryl
Cheryl
why didn't the local doctors who were personally invited to the showing of this film in Groton, MA show up? what are they afraid of?
Carola
Carola
Being sought after by the AMA. Many LLMD's, when they become successful at combating Lyme, end up being taken to court by the AMA. We, the afflicted, protect our Lyme docs. Have to.
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"
Our friends at the California Lyme Disease Association (CALDA) just wrote a new blog about the importance of filling theaters during the upcoming theatrical release of UNDER OUR SKIN...
Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin"

Lyme disease film "Under Our Skin" UNDER OUR SKIN chat - Saturday, May 30, 8-9pm ET
Lyme Friends is hosting a live conference & Lyme Chat with director/producer Andy Abrahams Wilson and writer/researcher Kris Newby of Open Eye Pictures-- the producers of the documentary Under Our Skin.

8-9 pm EST Sat May 30th-- This Sat.....

Submit your questions for Andy & Kris in cer Kris Newby Saturday, May 30th from 8 - 9 pm ET.

Source: www.Lymefriends.com
Lyme Friends makes creating friendships and sharing information fun for those whose lives have been touched by Lyme Disease.
Angela
Angela
I agree.
Marke
Marke
The insurance companies are a big part of keeping chronic Lyme a figment of everyone's imagination so they don't have to pay. And, the IDSA members played a key role in backing this 'figment', convincing doctors, lawyers and judges to blacklist anyone within their communities that thought otherwise. ie. Many doctors have had their licenses revoked ... Read Moreafter a farce of a trial or been intimidated into early retirement. The AG of Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, conducted an antitrust investigation into the IDSA panel and found many had conflicts of interest, (full results, press release, May 1/08) yet, the bs continues!? Why didn't the news media publicize this in a way that everyone would know? Insurance companies? Doctors? Lawyers? Judges? IDSA panelists? news media? Maybe the documentary will help push the button for a fair response from the insurance cos. Good luck everyone! PS I'm going to attempt to put the May /08 press release on my face book page.
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