# @thelowphelife on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=K9OPrpQYO90
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20794529-thelowphelife-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/bc1d800870.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-09-26T23:15:09.000+00:00

## Caption

Kevin Alexander, a 39-year-old with PKU, shares a memory from childhood when he accidentally spilled his formula all over his grandmother’s car, and even as an eight-year-old he knew that car would never be the same.

More info about the series: 
This episode is part of an animated documentary series, called "The Low-Phe Life", about living with PKU—a rare metabolic disorder. 

PKU or phenylketonuria inhibits a person’s ability to break down protein. People with PKU, like Kurt Sensenbrenner the series’ director, must adhere to a strict low protein diet of fruits and vegetables, and drink a supplemental formula multiple times a day for their entire life to avoid serious neurological and physical side effects. For reference, the average, non-PKU person consumes about 60 grams of protein per day, Kurt can only have seven.

Having to maintain such a tight regimen means one little mishap and things can go awry quickly! This series focuses on the times in life when things don’t go according to plan, it embraces the humor that can be found in stressful situations, and sheds light on what it’s like to live with a rare disorder.

Do you have PKU or know someone who does? Have a story to submit?
https://lowphelife.com/pages/submit-your-story

Sign up for updates to know when the next episode will be released and when the next season will be released! www.lowphelife.com


The Crew:

Director: Kurt Sensenbrenner (has PKU)
Kurt is an award winning documentary media maker who happens to have PKU. His directorial debut "From Mass to the Mountain"–a feature documentary chronicling drought and deforestation in unstable eastern Panama–aired on PBS and continues to screen nationwide on PBS.

With over 10 years of video production experience, Kurt spent the last five working as a staff Video Producer where he researched, pitched, directed, produced, shot, and edited nonfiction aviation videos for the AOPA Air Safety Institute, which earns over 13 million views a year.

His latest documentary is in post-production and tells the story of two young women fighting to protect rainforest using butterflies as bioindicators to determine the health of their local rainforest. 


Head Illustrator and Animator: Rory Waudby-Tolley
Rory is an animator whose films have played at many festivals around the world and featured on Short of the Week, Cartoon Brew, It’s Nice That and Vimeo Staff Picks. In 2018 he made an award-winning environmental animated documentary about a lake in East Texas - “There’s Something in the Water.” In 2019 he made “New Year,” a BFI NETWORK funded sci-fi comedy short, co-directed by Diana Gradinaru.


Composer and Sound Mixer: Brian Flood
Brian scored Kurt’s first feature documentary and did the final theatrical mix as well. Since then Kurt has tried to bring him onto every project he’s directing. Brian has worked for a multitude of clients, including New York City Ballet, Refinery29, Google, Viceland, AllianceBernstein, Hyatt, and many others. Films he’s mixed have premiered at SXSW, Tribeca, NewFest, Lower East Side, Cinequest San Jose, and countless others. Several have been awarded the venerable Vimeo Staff Pick.

#PKU #phenylketonuria #phenylalanine #lowpro #lowphe

## Stats

- **Views:** 1,481
- **Likes:** 66
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 0

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kurt Sensenbrenner | @ksensenb | https://gondola.cc/ksensenb | Director |

## Tags

pku, lowpro, phenylalanine, lowphe, phenylketonuria

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