The Pathological Optimist

Name: The Pathological Optimist
Genre: documentary
Duration: 93 min

2017 · 93 min

Documentary

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Synopsis

A character study of Andrew Wakefield, who co-authored a notorious paper that linked a vaccine to autism and became the face of the anti-vax movement.

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Released: 2017
Runtime: 93 minutes
Genres: documentary

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Cast & crew

Cast

Andrew Wakefield
Carmel Wakefield
Brendan McBride
William Parrish
James Wakefield
Tim Wakefield
Bridget Wakefield

Director

Miranda Bailey

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