The Sensitives
At Drew Xanthopoulos' intimate and cinematic documentary, we meet Joe, a patriarch whose affliction is he's indifferent to his long-suffering wife. And twin sisters Sam and Nathan, musicians that are no more able to breathe out their reallife sterile"plastic bubble," and whose mother, Karen, developed her disease if she was just 17. These characters all suffer with painful sensitivities. Whether from genetics chemicals, power, or even explanations, the cause isn't clear, but the truth of these ramifications on these individuals is undeniable. Fortunately, a fire brand who is chemically sensitive herself, Susie Molloy, seeks to help. In her, those affected with this malady are finding an urge whose mission is to de-stigmatize the particular community, and Xanthopoulos has crafted a picture itself profoundly painful and sensitive and painful as its name suggests, in telling their stories. Cara Cusumano