Vaxxed

  • NewsBen Arnold

    Robert De Niro Still Backs Vaccine Doc Axed From Tribeca Film Festival

    De Niro also said that his wife Grace Hightower noticed a change in their son Elliot, who has autism, after being vaccinated. The Tribeca festival, which De Niro co-founded, pulled screenings of 'Vaxxed: From Cover Up to Catastrophe’, made by the discredited former gastroenterologist Andrew Wakefield, following a backlash and threats of boycotts. “I as a parent of a child who has autism, I’m concerned.

  • NewsBen Bussey

    Robert De Niro Defends Tribeca Festival Screening Of Anti-Vaccination Documentary

    UPDATE: in an about-face, De Niro has now pulled ‘Vaxxed’ from the Tribeca Film Festival - details here. ‘Vaxxed: From Cover-Up To Catastrophe,’ an anti-vaccination documentary directed by a discredited doctor, is set to screen at New York’s prestigious Tribeca Film Festival - much to the chagrin of some critics. “In the 15 years since the Tribeca Film Festival was founded, I have never asked for a film to be screened or gotten involved in the programming.