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Invisible,  Disbelieved, Shunned ~ This is the story of their fight. PAIN WARRIORS. Release Date: Spring 2020

1/11/2019

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Chronic Pain Information Chart

9/22/2018

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Crowdfunding Campaign for PAIN WARRIORS at Seed & Spark

9/8/2018

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Pain Community ~  only one more week left to contribute to our Crowdfund to finish our new documentary on Chronic Pain ! Please support us in any way you can: sharing our teaser, screening it at pain group meetings, share on your social media pages and please~ donate as you can.

Help us help YOU #givepainavoice ! for #painwarriors everywhere. 
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Article in OUCH magazine

8/26/2018

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PAIN WARRIORS: Coming Spring 2020
A New Film on the Chronic Pain Crisis in North America

By: Toronto Filmmakers Tina Petrova and Eugene Weis
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There are no runs for chronic pain, no walks for its cure- yet
chronic pain disables some 25% of the population
of Canada and the USA. This is no small disease.
In Canada, chronic pain costs the economy
an estimated 60 Billion annually in lost
wages, treatment and productivity; in the USA
the figure skyrockets to a staggering 634 Billion
annually.
Those who suffer from intractable, long term pain in North America
now outnumber heart disease, cancer and diabetes patients
combined. The current media focus on the Opioid Crisis (a more
dramatic but not necessarily a more serious issue) has unfortunately
resulted in a profound loss of care for chronic pain sufferers
who in many cases are being undertreated, with dire consequences.
PAIN WARRIORS bravely enters the trenches of
chronic pain to tell the other side of the story- all
but forgotten pain patients and the courageous
pain doctors who continue to treat them, some
even facing persecution in the USA.
This new documentary enters into the desperate
lives of patients fighting for their very survival,
families torn apart by suicide, the troubled world of pain medicine
and the emerging disease of pediatric chronic pain.
It is our intention to bring a balanced view to a difficult issue.
www.painwarriorsmovie.com
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Pain Warriors

8/24/2018

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On Dec. 21, 1997 I was involved in a life changing accident in the California Desert.
As I travelled along the winding curves of the state highway up to Idyllwild, at many points there were dizzying drop offs from the road – to  the rocky cliffs below.
At some point mid – journey, a hitchhiker stopped me and asked to be given a ride. Upon dropping her off, she peered in the window and said in a solemn voice “ Don’t drive off the cliff today…” Well you don’t need to be psychic to know what happened next. My sturdy white Jeep rounded the corner as unforeseen snow began to fall, fast and furious, from an otherwise clear and sunny day on the desert floor.

My jeep apparently hit black ice, I spun out of control and my jeep spiraled down the mountainous rocky cliffs below. As I clung on to the steering wheel for dear life, my life flashed before me and the dreaded feeling that I might die filled my entire being.

Last year, 2017 marked the 20th anniversary of this life and death accident. Since then, my life has changed 180 degrees. Like many intractable pain patients, I had to relearn how to walk, dress myself and take care of myself, from a place of brokenness, despair financial ruin  and loss of community & support.

I don’t know how I was able to do it, but I am releasing a film in 2 months, that has been a labour of love, devotion and service to both myself and the international pain community.
Am I still a wounded warrior? Do I still struggle through each day? You betcha. But this film has given me a vehicle for change, a war cry against the injustices done to our international pain community. I will not be silenced, and I don’t want you to be silenced.

Funded solely by pain patients and pain doctors, we are almost at the finish line of production. It has been a long haul- I began in 2013. It has been a rough haul. But as I see the light at the end of the tunnel, I hold the promise that this documentary: Pain Warriors –  has within its interviews, the ability to captivate minds and hearts, and change the way society, the medical profession & the government see intractable pain.

We have launched an online crowdfunding campaign to finish post production. I am personally reaching out to you, my pain community to ask for help in completing it. Since I joined social media 5 years ago, I have heard thousands of cries for help, for visibility, for better lives and better access to treatment. This film has the capacity to do all that, and more. Even if you are bedridden or can’t advocate for your rights, contributing to our film’s completion can be YOUR VOICE, YOUR ADVOCACY.

Kindly visit the link below, LIKE OUR CAMPAIGN (very important!),  Follow and Share us and; as you can, please donate to this worthy cause. I intend to GIVE PAIN A VOICE for all the voiceless out there.
Thank you, God Bless
Tina Petrova
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Pain Warriors to be released Spring 2020

7/2/2018

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Keep on the look out for a Spring 2020 release of our new Feature Documentary on the Chronic Pain Crisis in North America. We look forward to broad exposure across all platforms- from streaming to cable, to film festivals, to community based screenings. Check back for updates here and on our official FB page. facebook.com/painwarriorsmovie. We love to #givepainavoice for #painwarriors everywhere.
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