Autoimmune

Müret Isitmez
| France
| 00:18:04
 | 
Sunday 23 June 1:00 PM

A filmmaker opens up about her Hashimoto’s thyroiditis during a day of writing at her home in Alsace. Her introspection leads her to question the link between environmental pollutants and her autoimmune disease. All around her, the climate, disrupted by pollution, is showing signs of the depletion of freshwater resources. Like her body, humanity is self-destructing.

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