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1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
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Fay Akers, Joe Fasulo, Karen Akers, Lanie Fasulo, Meg Fasulo, Nathan Akers, Sam Akers, Susan Molloy |
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Originally produced by Gravitas Ventures LLC in 2016. |
| Summary |
For the increasing number of people who are suffering from environmental illnesses, the modern world is full of unseen threats. Pesticides, perfumes, cell phones-any of these can send these individuals into a debilitating downward spiral. Stunningly cinematic, THE SENSITIVES documents three families struggling with these issues. Joe, too sick to care for himself, faces an impossible choice: an uncertain future with his ever-burdened family or the lure of a safe community built for sensitives like him. Twin brothers Sam and Nathan live with their mother, Karen, inside a sterilized safe home they haven't left in years but a tragedy causes upheaval and uprooting in their fragile existence. And Susie, who decamped from society for a remote desert homestead decades ago, has finally found relief but contemplates leaving to advocate for awareness, risking her own health. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the **Tribeca Film Festival**. *"Xanthopoulos approaches the subject of being essentially allergic to modernity in a way that's refreshingly non-symbolic.."* - Adi Robertson, ***The Verge*** |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
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Environment.
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Medicine.
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Health.
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Science.
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Environmental sciences.
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Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Xanthopoulos, Drew, film director.
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Akers, Fay, actor.
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Fasulo, Joe, actor.
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Akers, Karen, actor.
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Fasulo, Lanie, actor.
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Fasulo, Meg, actor.
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Akers, Nathan, actor.
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Akers, Sam, actor.
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Molloy, Susan, 1973- actor.
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Gravitas Ventures (Firm) Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm) Distributor.
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| Music No. |
5468788 Kanopy |
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