This month, we asked members to submit suggestions and recommendations for chronic illness related movies/documentaries and television shows, for caretakers, patients, students, and professionals. Thank you to all the members who submitted resources. Click the links below, or search for the titles in web browsers. If you would like to share additional resources on this topic, please add them in the comment section below so our list of peer-recommended resources keeps growing.
Alzheimer’s Disease
A Song for Martin
Amazon video: https://www.amazon.com/A-Song-Martin-Sven-Wollter/dp/B002WLESYO
Genius of Marian
Amazon video: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013IJM5YS
The Alzheimer’s Project
Amazon video: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006GLUOR6
Cancer
Wit
HBO Go: https://play.hbogo.com/feature/urn:hbo:feature:GVgXsZgOLAJG-tSMKAAAC?camp=Search&play=true
Amazon DVD: https://www.amazon.com/Wit-Christopher-Lloyd/dp/B00005MKKV
Chronic Pain
Pain Matters
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Hwx99y02k
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Unrest
Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80168300
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details?id=iTC0y4l1Jgc
Cystic Fibrosis
Three Lives
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/149875626
65_RedRoses
Amazon video: https://www.amazon.com/65_RedRoses-Eva-Markvoort/dp/B00A2KHIU8
Type 1 Diabetes
Sweet 16
Movie website: http://sweet16film.com/
Epilepsy
Seized: Inside the Mystery of Epilepsy
PBS: http://www.pbs.org/program/seized-inside-mystery-epilepsy/
Multiple Sclerosis
When I Walk
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details?id=hSrf9kf53Ew
Others
This Emotional Life
PBS: http://www.pbs.org/show/this-emotional-life/
Amazon video: https://www.amazon.com/This-Emotional-Life/dp/B003E3CMW4
Thank you to Ke Ding, M.S. and the SfHP list serve for helping with this section.
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