Shot in the Arm

NR, 89 mins
Cast: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Karen Hirsch-Ernst, Del Bigtree, Oprah Winfrey
Independent
Genres: Documentary
Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy

Before anyone had heard of COVID-19, filmmaker Scott Hamilton Kennedy (THE GARDEN, FOOD EVOLUTION) began investigating the global measles epidemic. Filming with top public health officials - including Tony Fauci - as well as rare interviews with anti-vaccine activists who were persuading parents by the millions to refuse vaccines for their children. Then COVID-19 happened. Acting quickly, Kennedy shifted his directorial eye to this once-in-a-century tragedy. Both skeptical and hopeful, SHOT IN THE ARM explores vaccine hesitancy historically and in the context of our modern pandemic. Can we replace cynicism with healthy curiosity and bridge the political divides that make us sick?

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