Glutened: A Rhythmic Short Film Which Expresses the Impact Everyday Life Has On A Newly Diagnosed Celiac, and How She Discovers Her Own Tempo

On 1/27/2021 at 12:29 PM, trents said:

I think critics of this short production need to realize that many of their misgivings target characteristics that were intentionally built into the film. The design of the film is not so much to communicate information but to convey an experience through depiction of mood and feelings.

YES!  In filmmaking this is called an "experimental narrative film". The point is to convey emotion and experience over strict storyline (narrative drama) and information (documentary or narrative documentary).  Think of it as an 8-minute version of going to see Godzilla, but with less smashing. 

Absolutely amazing. I can’t stop thinking about it. Well done. Love and light to you!!

I watched it 2 times. Ok it gives a bit of the limitation we do currently have, that will force us to find new activity, new way of living and so on. I would like to ask to the people whom produced the video, to go deeply in the syntoms, which are not just diarrhoea and stomach issue as we all know. Still today I am hearing people that doesn't know anything about celiac, how sometimes I am feeling so numb or depressed. Ypu should also touch the mental health deeply, the chronic fatigue that will lead us to different other illnesses, and even self medication. I haven't been lucky enough to find the right doctors, and as it happened to many of you, when things get worse, it s where we do see many suicide or serious crisis. Hope it was clear enough. Good night folks 

5 hours ago, Stefano said:

I haven't been lucky enough to find the right doctors...

In my opinion--which I know isn't worth much--you will not find (or will have a very slim chance of finding) a doctor in the U.S. who can actually help you. Why do I say that?  Because Celiac disease crosses over into multiple specificities that Western doctors are not permitted to speak about unless they are such a specialist.  

Until Western medicine embraces a holistic approach to diagnosis and treatment--and so long as doctors get kickbacks (on the books or off) for prescribing medication--there will be little incentive for them to do ANYTHING OTHER than to prescribe you drugs to cover up your symptoms, rather than find the root cause of your problem and eliminate it. 

Yes, I know full-well how very jaded I sound. 

But this is the ONLY experience I've had during my adult life with the "pharmaceutical-industrial complex" that has been the norm since at least the early '80s.  Here's a hint: if you need a referral from a GP to see a "specialist", then you know it's a pyramid scheme. 

Right doctor? You might try a naturopath or functional medicine doctor. I've found them to be savvier about celiac, leaky gut, etc. Good luck.

I get you. But finding them in a country that is completely polarized on the subject--not  unlike politics?   They are both a problem.