Illness Will Find You
 

Hello Everyone,

As you can see my name is Kara Brewer. I'm also a young filmmaker who is documenting my own personal story about suffering from an illness. I was diagnosed with an ailing kidney as a baby and then later received a kidney transplant at ten years old. As the years went by, I was living a healthy and normal life due to my father's kidney who had dreams of being a filmmaker. However, recently in 2012, I was diagnosed with a rare benign brain tumor and that's when I picked up the camera and turned it on to myself.

Being a filmmaker, I wanted to capture my story and try to make sense of my never-ending health obstacles. I have been documenting myself going through hell and back. I had underwent through two major risky brain surgeries and realized my story was rare.

While I was in the process of editing my story into a short documentary, I was faced with another major obstacle. My recent labs showed that my body was rejecting my father's kidney and that I would soon need another kidney transplant.

The illness has changed every aspect of my life. Recently, I edited some of this footage for a Health Care Competition. I hope it will be just the beginning of telling this story and raising awareness. For many people, it’s a difficult scenario to envision. I hope to win 1st place and use some of the money to fund my documentary. In my documentary I will chronicle my journey as I try to find another living donor for my second kidney transplant and live a meaningful life.

Please do take a moment and look at my work. By all means, please do vote. Thank you.

Illness Will Find You | Health Justice CT Challenge

Re: Illness Will Find You
 

Welcome to the forum Kara. Thanks for sharing your work. The production was clean and simple. The message was very direct and clear. All the best for the competition.

Re: Illness Will Find You
 

Thanks, Tim. I appreciate the kind words. I forgot to mention what camera I used to film this, which was a Panasonic Af100 with 14-35 mm F2 lens.