Bend or Break is an award-winning documentary based on the memoir of Mitch Martow. The story begins with a 14-year-old boy's struggle with sudden chronic pains and takes us on a journey of multiple misdiagnoses to finally understand the actual disease (EDS - Ehlers Danlos Syndrome).

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a set of illnesses that affect the connective tissues that support the skin, bones, blood vessels, and many other organs and tissues. Ehlers-Danlos syndromes are presently divided into thirteen categories. Pain and weariness are nearly universal in the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes. The total prevalence of Ehlers-Danlos syndromes ranges from one in 3,500 to one in 5,000 persons. The hypermobile version variant (hEDS) is by far the most prevalent.

To connect with Mitch, here are some helpful links to his various EDS projects!
1. The Bend or Break medical blog group where people can read the memoir the documentary was based on (film covers events up to 2018, recent blog posts continue the story): https://www.facebook.com/groups/16329...
2. Direct link to the blog/memoir for if you don't have Facebook: https://breakorbend.blogspot.com/
3. Bend or Break EDS/medical Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/_bend_or_br...
4. Mitch's personal Instagram page for non-EDS-related fun: https://www.instagram.com/mitchmartow/
5. Mitch's game streaming twitch channel catered to those with chronic illness, but all are welcome to hang out and have fun: https://www.twitch.tv/druidzebra
6. Mitch's discord server for gamers with chronic illness/zebras (we play all kinds of games together!) https://discord.gg/m7MkWByTqt
7. Mitch's Facebook group for those who want to be notified when he goes live on twitch: https://www.facebook.com/groups/44602...
8. Mitch's YouTube Account:
   • My Bend or Break Ehlers-Danlos Syndro...  
9. Mitch's Tedx Talk on EDS
   • My Bend or Break Ehlers-Danlos Syndro...  
10. EDS Canada page: You do not need to be Canadian to follow https://www.facebook.com/edscanada
11. EDS Canada support group where Mitch is a moderator; you need to be a Canadian with EDS to join https://www.facebook.com/groups/11573...
12. If you enjoyed the documentary, please give it a rating on our IMDB page! Making an account is free :) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12510694...
13. An International Support Group for men with EDS where Mitch is admin:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/14393...
14. An EDS/Invisible disability presentation Mitch did as a guest speaker at a High School!
   • My EDS/Invisible Disability Presentat...  

Directed by - Karan & Sidhant Sharma
Director of photography - Jashan Singh & Jarred Murray
Music Composer - Ameya Saraf
Sound Designer - Vidan Hadzi Vidanovic
Camera operations - Adil Shah & Jordan Kelly
DI Colorist - Prateek Mahesh
Assistant Director - Daniel J Bensimon

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