The Pathological Optimist
Sep 29 2017
•2h 33m
•Documentary
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.
Cast
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Andrew Wakefield
Self
Carmel Wakefield
Self
Brendan McBride
Self - Attorney
William Parrish
Self - Attorney
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