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LEFT OUT (2020)

This documentary follows the hopes of people in the Norwegian ME/CFS community as they await the outcome of an exciting new study.

Full documentary below, with English subtitles. International release 2020

For a transcript in English and several other languages, go to YouTube. Above the red subscribe button, click on the three dots and the option for trancripts becomes available.

Duration: 47 mins


Synopsis

A visual, brutally honest story on life with ME/CFS and new research.

It was a project birthed in hope. Pal Schaathun, a Norwegian filmmaker would document what he hoped might be the end of chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). That, unfortunately, turned out not to be but Schaathun ended up documenting – in strikingly beautiful fashion – the next best thing. He managed to vividly portray the needs, hopes and desires of a community desperately yearning for health as it embarked on its first real shot for success.

Cort Johnson, Health Rising


We thank UpNorth Film for their permission to use the 'broken battery' segment of LEFT OUT on our Home Page.

©UpNorth Film, Norway.

Last edited: 19 November, 2020