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The Pathological Optimist

(The Pathological Optimist)
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Original Title : The Pathological Optimist
Time : 93 Min
Genre : Documentary, Biography
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2017
Director : Miranda Bailey
Writer : No data available
Producer : Miranda Bailey, Marc Lesser, Amanda Marshall
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : No data available
About : 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 ...See moreIn 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. See less Read more: Plot summary

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