Miles Levin is a filmmaker living with epilepsy. He’s preparing to launch what will be the largest scale epilepsy awareness campaign of all time. Featuring big star actors and based on the award-winning short film by the same name about a boy with epilepsy trying to go to prom, Under the Lights is a full-length movie destined for streaming platforms, bringing tens of millions of eyes to the struggles of living with epilepsy.
A huge challenge the epilepsy community faces is getting outside its silo and being heard by the general public. Stigma is reinforced by the fact that for most people, the only time they’ve seen a seizure is in a hospital show or horror movie. If tens of millions see a character whose experience with epilepsy is empathetic and universal, the general public will be more welcoming to our community. The medicine for ignorance is empathy.
Miles won an award for the concept for this film at Tribeca last year and has brought on Vanishing Angle, a production company whose films play in and win the top festivals in the world every year. The film is set to feature major stars. Never before has there been so much power behind an epilepsy story!
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