Quinte is making a documentary about a mother with Parkinson’s disease

Quinte’s mother suffered from symptoms associated with Parkinson’s disease for fifteen years. “A lot of people think it’s a disease of the elderly that mainly consists of uncontrollable tremors, but since I learned my mother also had Parkinson’s disease, I’ve realized there’s a laundry list of symptoms.”

Shivering, fatigue, dizziness, fainting, sleep deprivation, and you can hardly sleep. They are all kinds of signs of Parkinson’s disease. My mother also suffers from this. In addition, she is very forgetful, her body feels stiff and she has difficulty walking, standing and other movements. What’s the most annoying thing about that? You can’t do anything about it at all.”

drape away
The fact that Parkinson’s disease is so much more than a disease of the elderly was one of the reasons Quinte made a documentary. But the movie is also a bit of therapy for her, her mom, and the rest of the family. “I don’t talk easily about the things that bother me. I also tried to stop this, but it didn’t work. I’d seen my mom getting worse and not better, so I knew then I had to do something about it. That’s how the idea for the documentary was born.”

Soon, the fourth-year student asked her mother if she wanted to cooperate. “It means there will be a camera on her nose all the time. But after a good week of thinking, she decides that it would be a good idea, because this project is also part of the process for her. For example, we can look back in a year to see how Its development was delightful and we will always keep a memory of it.”

to have an effect
As a communication student, Quinte has always had a penchant for visual communication, such as animation and illustration. But telling a story on screen was new to her. “However, I wanted to make an impact and share information without literally labeling the message. I tried to do that with this documentary.” [Tekst gaat verder onder de video, een teaser van de documentaire]