Banned in NY, controversial anti-vaccine film gets premiere in Castlemaine

By Rania Spooner
Updated October 8 2016 - 1:08pm, first published September 21 2016 - 12:54am
There is a strong consensus within the scientific community that vaccines don't cause autism. Photo: Wayne Taylor
There is a strong consensus within the scientific community that vaccines don't cause autism. Photo: Wayne Taylor
Vaxxed, is due to screen at the Castelmaine's historic Theatre Royal next month. Photo: Pat Scala
Vaxxed, is due to screen at the Castelmaine's historic Theatre Royal next month. Photo: Pat Scala
David Thrussell creative director of the Castlemaine festival says "there's a clear public interest' in the film.  Photo: Sharon Dominick
David Thrussell creative director of the Castlemaine festival says "there's a clear public interest' in the film. Photo: Sharon Dominick

The first Australian showing of a film by a disgraced former doctor whose "fraudulent" research underpinned the anti-vaccination movement has drawn a firestorm of outrage to a small film festival in country Victoria.

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