Who Needs Sleep?

What does sleep deprivation really do to your mind and body?

What are the negative effects of sleep deprivation?

Can being sleep deprived be fatal?

Hollywood is asking these same questions following the death of a cameraman who fell asleep behind the wheel after 19 hours of filming, resulting in the fatal car crash.

The film, a documentary starring well-known Hollywood actors such as Julia Roberts and Billy Crystal, explains the effects of sleep deprivation on health, and how being American workaholics will eventually kill us, whether it’s because we have an accident, or we develop life threatening health conditions such as diabetes and heart disease.

It’s important to have dreams, and it’s equally important to reach for the stars to achieve what we want most in the world, but is it worth it if we become gravely ill, develop mood disorders, or fall asleep behind the wheel of a car and die at a young age, leaving behind a family that loves and needs you?

Who Needs Sleep?
It’s an eye-opening look at the negative effects of sleep deprivation and the American workaholic.