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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. |
Performer |
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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Genre |
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, actor.
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Gravitas Ventures LLC (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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Music No. |
5468788 Kanopy |
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