Joonas Berghäll’s latest documentary THE RED RING tells of the tireless struggle against a global tick-borne diseases epidemic. Joonas suffers from serious chronic Lyme disease, and in the film, he travels around the world to meet fellow sufferers who are struggling with the disease. He meets with the leading experts in the field, hears moving stories, learns of treatments and the answer as to why millions have to suffer from the illness without getting adequate help. The outcome is a story about the dilemmas in health care and human rights.
2021 Kraków Film Festival, Poland One World – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Czech Rep. 2022 LETsDOK
Director's comment
In 2011, a health-related hell that would last nine years began. I was in Kenya filming Mother’s Wish, a film about women’s and girls’ rights. Forty-eight hours after arriving home, my body failed. I had dozens of symptoms; fever, severe insomnia, headaches, burning sensation in the head, swelling of the stomach and glands, eye and memory problems, brain fog, balance problems, swollen ankles, tingling of the elbows, etc.
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