First Lap Crash

Between observation and staging, Amina's life with ME/CFS is revealed.

21-year-old Amina lives with the chronic illness ME/CFS. Her brother Liam accompanies her through everyday life with his camera. Amina shares her feelings, thoughts and resilience with us. In an interplay of documentary observation and artistic staging, the siblings find ways to make both the invisible illness and their way of coping with it visible.

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First Lap Crash

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