UNDER OUR SKIN was one of six documentaries selected by New York's Tribeca Film Institute for a special January 9th viewing marathon of the most promising films on the 2010 Oscars feature documentary short list.
On February 28, 2007, the UNDER OUR SKIN film crew interviewed Willy Burgdorfer, Ph.D., M.D., and Scientist Emeritus at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), for three hours at his home in Hamilton, Montana. Dr.
Five years ago, film director Andy Abrahams Wilson and the Open Eye Pictures crew set up a camera at the “Hope To Heal” Lyme conference, and asked the attendees to, “Tell us your Lyme disease stories.” Hundreds of heart-wrenching stories later, Andy knew he had stumbled upon one of the most important untold stories in medicine – that of the tragically ignored Lyme disease epidemic.
Last week UNDER OUR SKIN came to Canada to play at the Okanagan International Film Festival in the breathtaking lake region of British Columbia's Okanagan Valley. The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CLDF) generously sponsored my attendance, as well as film subject Dana Walsh, who arrived by car from Seattle with her Canadian husband Tim.
UNDER OUR SKIN won an Honorable Mention at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival, the largest environmental film festival in the United States. Set in the wild-west town of Nevada City, CA, this festival honors films that inspire viewers to go out and make a difference in protecting our planet.
On November 14th, UNDER OUR SKIN received two prestigious awards at the annual Freddie Awards, sponsored by the International Health and Medical Media Awards and considered to be the "Oscars of health care films." At the black-tie event in Philadelphia's historic Crystal Tea Room, film Producer/Director Andy Abrahams Wilson accepted the award for Bes