Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
My Skin's On Fire - Living with Psoriasis
Total Award: $5,000 over 1 year
To support My Skin's On Fire - Living with Psoriasis, a documentary that focuses on the emotional and psychosocial impact of the chronic illnesses psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Five million Americans have these diseases. Many live in emotional isolation plagued by feelings of shame and deep self-consciousness. The film will explore these issues through first-person accounts with psoriasis sufferers and their families as well as dermatologists and other researchers who are beginning to understand the complexity of the condition.