The Pathological Optimist (2017)

★ 8.3 1h 33m IMDb
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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.

The Pathological Optimist

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Andrew Wakefield
Andrew Wakefield as Self Age 70 · Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK Andrew Jeremy Wakefield is a British former physician and academic who was struck off the medical register due to his involvement in the Lancet MMR autism fraud, a 1998 study that falsely claimed a li...
Director Miranda Bailey
Cast Andrew Wakefield, Carmel Wakefield, Brendan McBride, William Parrish, James Wakefield, Tim Wakefield, Bridget Wakefield, Jennifer Larson, Cade Larson, Imogen Wakefield

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