TWISTED is a film about stories of dystonia sufferers. In TWISTED, the agonies and challenges of dystonia are revealed to a broad film-viewing audience for the first time. Laurel Chiten narrates the film, weaving the stories of three dystonia sufferers, one being Pat Brogan, as they seek treatment, reckon with their disease and ponder weighty decisions.

TWISTED follows Brogan into the operating room and beyond as he improves for a time, only to have the dystonia return worse than ever. In the year following his sugery, Brogan embarks on a heartbreaking roller coaster ride, enduring harrowing new symptons that stumps his doctors and threatens to rob him of everything that is dear to him: his new job, his marriage, and his sense of himself. Even as Brogan continues to fight, he can't help but wonder, will his dystonia have him at its mercy for the rest of his life? A story of courage and hope, TWISTED takes us on a journey of discovery into a world of social stigma, pain, and loss, where against steep odds, the human heart nevertheless prevails.

"...TWISTED is a success. Not only because of the filmmakers personal connection to the topic but because of the film's fascinating and complex cast of characters. Its funky enough to be an art-house flick and brimming with larger themes about how people set themselves free. Part joy, part despair, TWISTED also explores the wonders and limitations of medical breakthroughs." - The Santa Fe Mexican

For more about TWISTED, visit www.pbs.org/independentlens/twisted/brogan.html

"Dystonia is a very tough opponent, just like a pickup game, you talk to anybody playin' against me, now, they may win one game, but we're playing again, cause I'm not givin' in." ~Pat Brogan~