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Penny Lane will attend in person for discussion with Ty Burr, film critic for the Boston Globe.
The Pain of Others is a YouTube compilation film about Morgellons, a mysterious illness whose sufferers say they have parasites under the skin, long colored fibers emerging from lesions, and a host of other bizarre symptoms which sound borrowed from a horror film. The film carefully sets up a space of unsettling encounter with a group of “Morgies” who have turned to YouTube to find help and to prove they’re not crazy. Intimate and unflinching, disturbing and at times funny – The Pain of Others attempts an act of radical empathy.
Official Selection of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, BAMcinemaFest, Sheffield Doc/Fest, SF DocFest, Sarasota Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, and BAFICI
The DocYard is an award-winning film and discussion series at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, and which also sponsors special screenings and co-presentations throughout the year. Each screening is a new experience as we connect audiences directly with filmmakers exploring the documentary form through insightful post-screening discussions.