THE JOURNEY TO BECOMING AN ADVOCATE
PILGRIMAGE
to
ENLIGHTENMENT
SYNOPSIS
After 2,400 years a group of Alzheimer’s & Parkinson’s patients
and advocates return to the birthplace of Healthcare & Medicine.
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Was healthcare abandoned? In eons since the temple stones were laid everything has changed, but in the modern age why are so many still in need of assistance and fighting for their lives? After two millennia, in a world of super science and technology how much more time will it take to find the cures people seek? An international team of notable Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease advocates take an introspective journey through the searing heat of the Sirocco winds across the Island of Sicily. On foot the team walks the Magna Via Francigena, a recently discovered pilgrimage route to the 2,400 year old ruins of the Temple of Asclepius - the birthplace of healthcare and medicine.
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In the world beyond this ancient island they have each built legions of advocates fighting to shine light on the need to cure these diseases. But, in the absence of a perfect health care system, what can they do to save themselves and the people they love?
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The epic final chapter in the "10 Mountains 10 Years" project.
Credits
PRODUCTION: World Up Films
WRITER & PRODUCER: Vincent Roland Simone
DIRECTOR: Luke Chadwick-Jones
FIELD PRODUCER: Jim Daley
MUSICAL SCORE: Fractured Light Music
ANTICIPATIONS
“I have Parkinson's Disease so I never thought I could climb a mountain, but after climbing with the team I realized I can do almost anything.”
Anonymous
“This team is the grassroots front-line in the battle to raise awareness for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease.”
Anonymous
“They started with 2 people, and have become literally 500 of the most unstoppable international Alzheimer's and Parkinson's activists on the planet.”
Anonymous