When doctors diagnosed 19-year-old rock star Jason Becker with Lou Gehrig's Disease, they said he would never make music again and that he wouldn’t live to see his 25th birthday. 22 years later, without the ability to move or to speak, Jason is alive and making music with his eyes.
This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and u...
When Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, do...
The film interweaves the personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of an ardent crusader w...
A documentary focused on infectious disease outbreaks.
A respected documentary maker hears from a friend that his long term depression has been helped afte...
The story of Robert Flanagan, a man who was born with cystic fibrosis and told he wouldn't live past...
A mother discovers that her son has a disability that causes her breast milk to intoxicate him. But ...
Disney animated educational film about staying safe from disease.
Inside the dramatic search for a cure to ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)...
Celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was som...
A reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the...
It is 1918 and the end of WWI. Millions have died, and the world is exhausted by war. But soon a new...
TB is the most deadly infectious disease in history - it has killed over a billion people in the las...
The sea around Minamata was heavily polluted with mercury during the 1950s and 1960s from the Chisso...
DIS-EASE is a feature-length documentary about how we imagine disease, and how that affects what we ...
Stefan Nilsson chose to end his life on May 25, 2023, just months after being diagnosed with ALS. Th...
Through revealing interviews with experts and victims' families, this gripping documentary examines ...
Discover how the 1900 outbreak of bubonic plague set off feat and anti-Asian sentiment in San Franci...
As the WHO warns the coronavirus is reaching a dangerous tipping point, watch the most up to date an...