Festival Threatened by “High Government Officials” Not to Show Anti-Vaccine Film
Exclusive: Festival chairman says documentary "censored" by "powerful forces"
A major international
film festival received threatening calls from “high government
officials” in Houston warning them not to show the controversial
anti-vaccine film that was recently pulled by the Tribeca Film Festival.
Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe,
directed by former physician Dr. Andrew Wakefield, explores the link
between vaccines and autism and alleges a cover-up involving the CDC.
The
documentary was set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival later this
month. After initially expressing support for the movie, Robert De
Niro, one of the festival founders, agreed to drop it after speaking with scientific professionals.
Infowars
can exclusively reveal that the film was also pulled by the
WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival after Hunter
Todd, the festival Chairman & Founding Director, received
threatening calls from “high government officials”.
Email
correspondence between Todd and Philippe Diaz, head of Cinema Libre,
the distributor of the film, shockingly reveals how government censors
are apparently desperate to stop the film from reaching a wider
audience.
“I wanted you to know that just like De Niro and Tribeca, we must withdraw our invitation to screen VAXXED! It has been cancelled, and there was no press release about the film…that was scheduled for today, but after very threatening calls late yesterday (Monday) from high Houston Government officials (the first and only time they have ever called in 49 years) – we had no choice but to drop the film,” states Todd’s email to Diaz.“Heavy handed censorship, to say the least…they both threatened severe action against the festival if we showed it, so it is out,” he added.“I do hope that they did not call or threaten you. It is done, it is out and we have been censored… There are some very powerful forces against this project. It does seem a bit of overkill, as I am confident that it will be released Online soon and millions of people can see it.”
The “Houston officials” mentioned in the email are believed to have been operating on behalf of the Mayor, Sylvester Turner.
We will update this story with more information as it develops.
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