Exclusive Complicated Trailer Previews EDS Documentary About Rare Disease

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ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive trailer for, the upcoming documentary that uncovers the hidden epidemic in pediatric care when complex disease, lack of research, and the limits of child protection collide. The film, which covers Ehler’s-Danlos syndrome, will have its world premiere at the 2025 Slamdance Film Festival on Sunday, February 23.

Complicated is directed and produced by Andrew Abrahams. It is executive produced by Tracy Finnegan and Charlotte Deering McCormick, with Donna Sullivan also co-producing. The film is a production by Open Eye Pictures.

Check out the exclusive Complicated trailer below (watch more trailers):

“Kids with complex and uncommon diseases whose care is too complicated for mainstream medicine are getting tossed around from specialist to specialist, abandoned, and accused of psychological disorders. They often live with chronic pain and other disabling symptoms but are unable to get the help they need because they are considered too medically complex, legally risky, or worse, because their parents are accused of over-medicalizing or abusing them. Filmed over seven years, Complicated focuses on young people with one of the most prevalent of these conditions, a connective-tissue disease called Ehler’s-Danlos syndrome (EDS),” reads the documentary’s official synopsis.

“In the film, we learn that Elvis had it, which explains his wild dance moves and pain pill addiction. A Miss America had it, but you’d never know. It’s a variable condition with symptoms that can be mild or deadly, but what differentiates EDS and other complicated illnesses is their invisibility—a lack of research, awareness, and accurate diagnostics—which too often leads to medical gaslighting and denial of treatment or insurance coverage. In a time when the failures of healthcare in America are coming under scrutiny, “Complicated” takes the viewer into the hidden world of brave young people trying to survive with a complex illness, mothers risking loss of custody to help