WELLNESS
MY FIRST Movie
First of all, I want to thank all the people involved in this documentary for giving me the opportunity to conduct the interviews and for sharing their stories in such a personal way.
As a journalist, you dream of making your first publication in a media outlet and changing the world through writing. In many cases, photojournalists aim to publish images, and with each of those steps, you often end up loving everything at the same time. In my case, I have always been passionate about the world of documentaries. Gradually, with the help of many, amid successes and many mistakes, but always with the dream of making a film, thanks to God and many people, I finally have a documentary.
I want to dedicate this film to all the people I met along the way.
Andrés Jiménez
Journalist / Filmmaker /Photojournalist
Synopsis
"Wellness" is a captivating documentary that delves into the inspiring journeys of real individuals who have triumphed over severe illness and chronic diseases. Through the remarkable testimonies of three main characters and numerous other individuals, the film explores their transformative healing experiences by embracing the Hippocrates Lifestyle protocol in their own lives. Drawing from a wealth of personal stories, this anecdotal documentary highlights the incredible power of this natural method.
Natalia Maldonado
Jim Campenela
Heather
Mills
Photography by Andrés Jiménez
This documentary has the purpose to show how the valuable message of Hippocrates’
(c.460 – c. 370 BC) philosophy has become a reality for some people who have follow a
protocol of wellness.
The ancient belief based on this Greek physician who once quoted:
“Let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food” is known theoretically by every
health practitioner, but is not applied in the practical way by traditional medicine whatsoever.
For over 60 years, Hippocrates Health Institute has professed and preached this philosophy.
This film will explore all the history, foundations, and facts from the Hippocrates Lifestyle
protocol and its direct affection on real people who have healed themselves by learning how
to apply this protocol in their own lives; as a proof of its effectiveness healing all kinds of
traumas and even chronicall diseases.
Also this movie intends to extend this knowledge
worldwide, since the production believes that this could literally take the wellbeing of
humanity to a higher level.
INDEX
Brian & Anna Maria Clement walking around the lago in Hippocrates Health Institute
1_ Framework
2_ ‘The Hippocrates Lifestyle’ Protocol
3_ They Healed Themselves
4_ The Solution for The Health Of Humanity
Framework
‘People’s Quest’
At the beginning of the feature, we will see our subjects talking about that moment when
they got a diagnosis of chronic disease such as cancer, diabetes, immune deficiencies,
cardiovascular diseases, overweight and obesity; which left them in a state of shock. Then,
they will tell how they started seeking solutions to cure such disorders, but they only got
results related to the western medicine practices which includes highly intakes of
pharmaceutical dosis in different forms or extremely risky surgeries that still leave them
helpless and hopeless.
Afterwards, one by one will say how in one way or the other they found out about HHI as the most natural alternative to get healed, and therefore decided to come.
‘THE HIPPOCRATES LIFESTYLE’ PROTOCOL
Intertwined with the stories, the film will show the fundamentals of HHI.
As the ancient Hippocrates believed that diseases were caused naturally as the product of environmental
factors, diet, and living habits; and if those were changed by lifestyle modifications and
replaced by proper nourishment and exercise, diseases could be cured.
All what is known nowadays as “lifestyle medicine” which has been applied in HHI for six decades. All will be explained throughout the film in the following segments...
The Legacy
This chapter is dedicated to the founders and directors of Hippocrates Health Institute. In
order to show how it all started with those who wanted to heal themselves from illness in the
most natural possible way, and help others with the same struggle.
From Ann Wigmore and Viktoras Kulivinkas in Boston to the expansion that Anna Maria & Brian Clement did bringing the institute to West Palm Beach.
Food
This segment will explore the raw vegan diet served at HHI, as the main tool for
healing. All the properties of the sprouts and microgreens, as well as vegetables and
fruits that help the body to improve the immune system and therefore the healing
begins.
From the growing at Green House to preparation in the kitchen, it will deeply
show the medicinal benefits of eating plants.
Exercise
As part of all programs at HHI, the documentary will show the importance of having
an active life.
How body movement impacts directly on the health of a person by
helping the detoxification process, in which the body shreds all toxins accumulated
through the years by unhealthy habits and/or lifestyle, and a better well-being is
achieved by working out in any way.
Jim Campenella
A 72-years-old constructor and family man from Philadelphia who
was diagnosed with cirrhosis, hepatitis and Liver cancer 10 years ago. He started a
quest for an alternative cure to his illness rather than the one offered by doctors
which mainly gave him the mere chance to put him on a waiting list for a Liver
transplant.
He found out about HHI through a doctor friend. Came to Florida and
started to heal himself back then by applying the protocol and keeping the lifestyle.
The cancer went into remission and never got back again in a decade.
Ashleen Applebaum
Coming from a misdiagnosis of an unknown disease, this 22 years old girl, suffered 20+ exploratives surgeries that made her teen years an absolute nightmare. She finally got diagnosed with an illness called Mastitis.
Not knowing what to do, she asked her grandfather -who cured himself from cancer
applying the Hippocrates Lifestyle- to take her to that healing place. She came and
recovered in a couple weeks from all ailment and discomfort she had had for years;
now having the strength and energy to play soccer joyfully back again.
Additionally, she overcame all the traumas from the past by working deeply on her inner self during her stay in HHI.
Heather Mills
A British public figure, model, entrepreneur, and devoted mother got in an accident 28 years ago that cut her leg off after being rollover by a motorcycle in London.
Her leg got so infected that the obvious prognosis was the amputation piece by piece as the infection progressed. She came to HHI then, and stopped the can green to go further by using wheatgrass and incorporating the diet. Few weeks later, the inflection went away and she got a prosthetic leg. She became vegan and adopted the lifestyle. For almost 3 decades, she has enjoyed an optimal health.
Sam Ford
A young man from Charlotte, NC who had a massive stroke when he was only 25 years old.
Guessing that his bad diet could have caused this, and
knowing that it wouldn’t help him to heal, his mom searched for a place where she
and him could learn how to change their food habits.
She found HHI and brought him 3 years ago. When he came to Hippocrates he couldn't barely walk, after a few weeks he recovered mobility of the left part of his body and started talking better.
His legs and arm started to move, giving him back the ability to play basketball and ride
a bike again. Now he is keeping the lifestyle at home and continues his recovery.
Natalia Maldonado
An energetic former NYC police officer, who found a way of living on physically training herself and others, suddenly got the unexpected news of having breast cancer 3 years ago. She looked for non-invasive alternatives to treat the so feared disease.
She found out about HHI and came in summer 2019. She did the Life Transformation Program for 3 weeks, and she adopted the Hippocrates Lifestyle, taking it home and applying it in her daily life. After two years, she just recently got the good news that she has been clinically declared cancer free.
Now she keeps enjoying a cheering and healthy life with her partner and family.
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