Faces of Lyme Disease
© 1998, 2023 Lyme Disease Foundation, Inc.,
Faces of Lyme Disease is an award-winning Lifetime TV program that is the first Lyme documentary ever produced. It aired on May 30. 1998 and is as relevant today as in the 1990s. It is the only documentary that has ever that has been shown on international TV. This features the Cretella, Morrissey, and Forschner families, who share their experiences with Lyme Disease and we thank them for candidly sharing their struggles. The program is about 25 minutes. Joe Burrascano, MD explains the science. This program ends on a positive note.
Also, view the LD What You Should Know in the K-12 education program.
Key personnel include: Executive producer Nancy Smith; Contributing Producer Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner; Edited by Harvey Greenstein; Written by Vivian R. Moss, Directed by Terri Randall & Nancy Smith.
Video: Motion Inc., SCI Productions, Image Bank, and FilmBank.
The Photos were from: the National Institutes of Health and LDF Drs. Patmas, Berger, Parenti, Masters, Lavoie, & Schwartzberg.
This film was produced by the LDF in conjunction with its Lyme Disease Education Alliance, which included: BBI Clinical Laboratories, Glaxo Welcome Inc., Green Light Sales Corporation (with Wal*Mart. Payless Cashways, Ace Hardware, Cotter True Serve, (HEB Groceries), |GeneX Laboratories, Pasteur Mérieux Connaught, and SmithKline Beecham Biologicals.
At the end of the program is another video called “Video Quilt.” This is a 3 minute program where multiple people talk about their struggles with Lyme and is uplifting.
Awards include:
Anyone who wants to donate to the LDF so we can keep producing freeware, please see our Lyme.org page and click on the donate button. Every donation helps!
LDF Video Quilt: Putting a face on the Great Masquarder
© 1995, 2005/6, 2023
Lyme disease is often called the "Great Masquerader" because it can mask itself as many other diseases. This 8-minute program was produced to help remind the viewer that it is people who suffer from Lyme and other tick-borne disease, unmasking the numbers that are often used to describe the extent of Lyme disease's impact on our society.
Lyme Disease Video Quilt unmasks Lyme disease as people talk about their experiences and feelings. The patients talk about their fears, frustrations, and hope.
At the end of the program, the audience will understand the plight of both younger and older patients. In addition, patients will learn that there is the realistic hope of recovery.
In addition, are three Public Service Announcements that you can share with others to help spread the prevention message.
We thank the patients who were willing to be filmed so that everyone could understand what they are going through.
Patients include: Dr. Willy Burgdorfer, Mary Frances, Shep, Chris, Eileen, Sal, and Heather. We used first names because this was a more personal video.
LDF program on Ticks _ Kirby Stafford - Ct ag. Expstation [PDF]
[Video Here - Testimony of value of kids education]
[Video Here - PBS TV - Combined versions LD Facts for Kids]
[Video Here - a. Dr Ticked-Off Spanish ]
[Video Here - b. Dr Ticked-Off English ]
[Video Here - a. WTIK Spanish ]
[Video Here - b. WTIK- English ]
[Video Here - 4.a. PSA Rap English ]
[Video Here - 4.b. PSA Rap w Spanish subtitles ]
Sci Invest Welcome Letter [PDF]
[Video Here - Sci Invest Instruction Video]
[Video here - Video, LD What you should know]
