Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe
2016 · Documentary · 91 min. · United States
In 2013, biologist Dr. Brian Hooker received a call from a Senior Scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who led the agency's 2004 study on the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine and its link to autism. The scientist, Dr. William Thompson, confessed that the CDC had omitted crucial data in their final report that revealed a causal relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism. Over several months, Dr. Hooker records the phone calls made to him by Dr. Thompson who provides the confidential data destroyed by his colleagues at the CDC. Dr. Hooker enlists the help of Dr. Andrew Wakefield, the British gastroenterologist falsely accused of starting the anti-vax movement when he first reported in 1998 that the MMR vaccine may cause autism. In his ongoing effort to advocate for children's health, Wakefield directs this documentary examining the evidence behind an appalling cover-up committed by the government agency charged with protecting the health of ...
Direction Andrew Wakefield
Cast Del Matthew Bigtree · Mark F. Blaxill · Michaela Blaxill · Baxter Burrowes · Cruz Burrowes · Dan Burton · Jack Devereux · Tyler Dewitte · Lou Ealey · Sheila Ealey · Temple Ealey · Ali Edwards · Jonathon Edwards · Michael Edwards · Mike Gassaway
Screenplay Del Matthew Bigtree · Andrew Wakefield
Cinematography Brian Burrowes · Andrew Debosz · Kelly Gallagher · Tanayia Koonce · Erik Nanstiel · Mark Roethke · Jenn Sherry Parry · Wael Shukha · Imogen Wakefield
Original title Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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