Pathological Optimist
Regardless of where you stand on the vaccination issue, it's possible to relish Miranda Bailey's highly informative, anger-arousing film.
The Pathological Optimist
In the center of the recent Tribeca Film Festival scandal surrounding his film VAXXED: From Cover-up to Controversy stands Andrew Wakefield, discredited and stripped of his medical license for his infamous study suggesting a link between the MMR vaccine, bowel disease, and autism. THE PATHOLOGICAL OPTIMIST takes us into the inner sanctum of Wakefield and his family from 2011- 2016 as he fights for his day in court in a little known defamation case against the British Medical Journal. Wakefield attempts to clear his name as the media-appointed Father of the Anti-vaccine movement. Director Miranda Bailey weaves a delicate portrait of a man who is THE PATHOLOGICAL OPTIMIST, utilizing a never-before-seen, full access look at the man at the center of one of the biggest medical and media controversies of our times.
Genre
Documentary,
Health
Runtime
93
Language
English
Director
Miranda Bailey
FEATURED REVIEW
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
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Played at
Monica Film Center 10.06.17 - 10.12.17
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