Last year actor Robert De Niro started appearing on television not because of his movies, but to speak about the vaccine-autism debate.
It all started when Tribeca Film Festival, which De Niro helped to co-found, received a backlash for wanting to screen the movie VAXXED.
Directed by Andrew Wakefield, the film discusses the potential link between vaccines and autism. Because of a fear of losing festival’s sponsors, the movie was pulled from the lineup.
De Niro urged people to find the movie, watch it, and make their own conclusions. He also spoke about his son being autistic, and that he wanted to know the truth if vaccines had anything to do with it.
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It all started when Tribeca Film Festival, which De Niro helped to co-found, received a backlash for wanting to screen the movie VAXXED.
Directed by Andrew Wakefield, the film discusses the potential link between vaccines and autism. Because of a fear of losing festival’s sponsors, the movie was pulled from the lineup.
De Niro urged people to find the movie, watch it, and make their own conclusions. He also spoke about his son being autistic, and that he wanted to know the truth if vaccines had anything to do with it.
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