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Imagine becoming so sensitive to almost everything you’re exposed to daily like common chemicals, furniture, foods, and pollen that it makes you so ill you can’t function. You must isolate yourself from others. You become unable to work, the doctors don’t believe you, and neither does your family. You’re mocked and you struggle daily to maintain your surroundings and health.

Watch this entertaining and shocking film as filmmaker Michael Roland Williams chronicles the agonizing struggle of those who have endured after being exposed to toxic mold. Most are still overwhelmed with debilitating symptoms years after exposure, while doctors, lawmakers, and attorneys take sides and dismiss their claims.

Black Mold Exposure follows Michael Roland Williams, filmmaker, and Karen Noseff, founder and designer of Fortune Denim, struggling to regain their livelihood and well-being after they were unknowingly exposed to high levels of various molds that had infested Karen’s apartment. The entire 264-unit apartment community was evacuated and closed indefinitely. Michael and Karen claim to have developed allergies and sensitivities to virtually everything, causing them difficulty in finding “safe” housing as well as numerous other bizarre problems that have continued over the last five years.

A growing number of people from all ages and walks of life claim mold made them ill while physicians, lawmakers, and medical associations dispute the validity of these claims. Most of the symptoms of those claiming illness from mold can be caused by, and diagnosed as, any number of other illnesses. There are no standardized methods to measure what molds, at what exposure levels, over what period of time, might cause any given person to become ill.

BLACK MOLD EXPOSURE explores the bizarre illnesses associated with exposure to toxic mold and the film participants’ difficult task of regaining their health and lives in an atmosphere of political and social intolerance and disbelief.

BLACK MOLD EXPOSURE is a first-ever look into the lives of those claiming to be ill from mold and the controversial and volatile climate surrounding it.

 

BLACK MOLD EXPOSURE CAST:

MICHAEL ROLAND, filmmaker, and KAREN NOSEFF, designer and founder of Fortune Denim, ill from mold exposure in Karen's apartment. The apartment community was evacuated and stayed closed for five years.

CONGRESSMAN JOHN CONYERS, JR., Representing Michigan's 14th District.

RORY SCHOLL, narrator, New York based comic.

MELINDA BALLARD, her 10,000 square foot Texas home was bulldozed due to mold infestation that caused her family to become ill. President, Policy Holders of America.

COLIN, secondary-school student, fell ill while at school and is unable to return to school without becoming ill. He now becomes ill in other locations as well.

STEPHEN REDD, M.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

JONATHAN, homeless and has lived outdoors for over 2 years. Became ill in his apartment and now becomes increasing ill when he remains indoors.

SUSAN BRINCHMAN, former teacher that became ill in an elementary school that was later destroyed. Director, The Center for School Mold Help.

HOLLY, a young California teacher who became ill while teaching in school, and is now unable to work due to her medical condition.

SHARON KRAMER, California real estate agent and mold activist.

Dr. DAVID STRAUS, Professor of Microbiology, Texas Tech.
University

Dr. NICHOLAS MONEY, Professor of Microbiology, Miami University,
author Carpet Monsters and Killer Spores.

DEBORAH ORTIZ, California State Senator.

WILLIAM REA, M.D., physician, Environmental Health Center of Dallas.

GEOFF SCOTT, M.D., UK physician, consultant microbiologist at University College London Hospitals.

RITCHIE SHOEMAKER, M.D., Maryland physician, specializes in treating biotoxin illnesses. Has made a number of national television appearances.

SNOOPS, canine mold inspector

and more.