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201761 minPGdocumentary

Sickboy

201761 minPGdocumentary

29-year-old Jeremie Saunders uses humor to challenge the stigma of Cystic Fibrosis while creating a podcast about serious illnesses.

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Andrew MacCormack

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29-year-old Jeremie Saunders uses humor to challenge the stigma of Cystic Fibrosis while creating a podcast about serious illnesses.

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Andrew MacCormackdirector

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Jeremie Saunders, 29, lives openly with Cystic Fibrosis. He works to change perceptions of chronic illness through humor. Alongside his best friends, Brian and Taylor, he creates a podcast aimed at discussing serious health issues like brain cancer, schizophrenia, and epilepsy. The film captures their efforts to remove stigma and encourage open conversations about living with illness. "Sickboy" runs for 61 minutes and was released in 2017.

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