Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNR) announced Tuesday the initiation of production of The PBA Film Project (working title), a documentary to provide an intimate look at real people living with a little-known neurologic condition called PseudoBulbar Affect (PBA).
The filmmaker team of The PBA Film Project includes co-directors Doug Blush and Lisa Klein (Of Two Minds) and producer Julian Cautherley (The Crash Reel).
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Nearly two million Americans with brain injuries or certain neurologic conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, stroke or multiple sclerosis (MS) are estimated to suffer from symptoms of PBA, marked by frequent and uncontrollable outbursts of crying or laughing.
Despite the high prevalence of PBA, PBA diagnosis and awareness that it’s a treatable condition is low.
The PBA Film Project profiles six patients living with PBA and the following neurologic conditions: stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), MS and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), as well as their friends, families and caregivers.
The documentary is in production across the country with filming in Virginia Beach, VA; Joplin, MO; Austin, TX; Banning, CA; Tamaqua, PA and Canton, OH.
Production for The PBA Film Project commenced in August 2014 and will be released to select audiences in 2015.
