A MYSTERY TO ME

Chapter 2

After 30-years of pulling people out of burning buildings came to a screeching halt when he was diagnosed with one of the most mysterious illnesses on earth, a life-long firefighter searches for a new purpose in life and confronts the fact that now the person that needs rescuing might be himself.

Shot entirely remotely during the pandemic, “A Mystery To Me” is a series of three short documentaries chronicling the lives of incredible people living with the rare and deeply mysterious auto-immune disease, Myasthenia Gravis. 

Chapter 1

It was only ten years ago that she was saved at the age of 16. Now, as a new mother, Vanetta must confront the immense sacrifice that her own mother has made to keep her alive.

Shot entirely remotely during the pandemic, “A Mystery To Me” is a series of three short documentaries chronicling the lives of incredible people living with the rare and deeply mysterious auto-immune disease, Myasthenia Gravis. 

SHOOTING A
DOCUMENTARY
REMOTELY

Much like the rest of the world, our production schedule for A Mystery To Me came to a grinding halt in April of 2020.

What we didn’t know at the time was that the new limitations created by the quarantine would push us to innovate in ways we never thought were possible.

Along with award-winning cinematographer David Bolen, sound recordist, Richard Walters and Sundance-renowned editor Manuel Crosby, we set a plan in motion that involved shipping our subjects remote-controlled cameras and audio-recorders and producing the entire film without ever meeting each other face to face.

The result of this completely remote production was a series of films far more intimate, cinematic and personal than we could have ever imagined.