Black Mold Exposure - a documentary feature film

BLACK MOLD EXPOSURE is a documentary feature film.
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A growing number of people from all ages and all walks of life are claiming mold made them ill while physicians, lawmakers, and medical associations dispute the validity of these claims. Most of the symptoms of those claiming illness from mold can be caused by, and diagnosed as, any number of other illnesses. There are no standardized methods to measure what molds, at what exposure levels, over what period of time, might cause any given person to become ill.
BLACK MOLD EXPOSURE, directed by Michael Roland Williams, explores the bizarre illnesses associated with exposure to toxic mold and the film participants’ impossible task of regaining their health and lives in an atmosphere of political and social intolerance and disbelief.
BLACK MOLD EXPOSURE is a first-ever look into the lives of those claiming to be ill from mold and the controversial and volatile climate surrounding it.
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The film follows Michael, thirty-something, and Karen, twenty-something, in their struggle to regain their livelihood and well-being after they were unknowingly exposed to high levels of various molds that had infested Karen’s apartment. The entire 264-unit apartment community was evacuated and closed indefinitely. Michael and Karen claim to have developed allergies and sensitivities to virtually everything causing them difficulty in finding “safe” housing as well as numerous other bizarre problems that have continued over the last 5 years.
Katie, a former resident of the Dallas apartment community in which Michael and Karen lived, did not get ill. However, she says her infant son Sam was on numerous medications while living at the community, and one night while being fed he stopped breathing and was rushed to the emergency room.
Melinda Ballard, who won a record 32 million dollar judgment against Farmer’s Insurance, bulldozed her 10,000 square foot home. Dr. David Straus, a microbiologist from Texas Tech University, says when he entered the home prior to its destruction, he became violently ill with vomiting and hearing loss within half an hour.
Colin, a former middle-school student, has been unable to return to school. He was unable to return to school without his lip splitting open and bleeding as well as manifesting other symptoms. He’s been home-schooled for the past 2 years.
Jonathan moved out of his apartment in order to avoid illness. He’s been homeless and living in his car and a tent for over two years.
Two San Diego elementary schools were destroyed and rebuilt after numerous teachers claimed the buildings were making them ill. The school district denies there was ever a mold problem at the schools.
A limited number of physicians are treating illness from mold exposure, while others believe it’s impossible to become ill from it. Some are writing position papers for medical associations while at the same time being hired by the defense as expert witnesses in mold litigation cases. Laws that have been passed regarding mold are either unfunded or only refer to structural damage and do not address the health issues. Prior to the Hurricane Katrina disaster, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is the US federal authority on health, had very little information on their website about mold.