{"id":35356,"date":"2016-04-08T16:57:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T20:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=35356"},"modified":"2016-04-08T16:59:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T20:59:55","slug":"festival-threatened-by-high-government-officials-not-to-show-anti-vaccine-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=35356","title":{"rendered":"FESTIVAL THREATENED BY \u201cHIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS\u201d NOT TO SHOW ANTI-VACCINE FILM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Festival chairman says documentary “censored” by “powerful force<\/strong>s”<\/h3>\n

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Paul Joseph Watson
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A major international film festival received threatening calls from \u201chigh government officials\u201d in Houston warning them not to show the controversial anti-vaccine film that was recently pulled by the Tribeca Film Festival.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe<\/em>, directed by former physician Dr. Andrew Wakefield, explores the link between vaccines and autism and alleges a cover-up involving the CDC.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> after speaking with scientific professionals.<\/p>\n

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 \u201chigh government officials\u201d.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI 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\u2026that 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) \u2013 we had no choice but to drop the film,\u201d states Todd\u2019s email to Diaz.<\/p>\n

\u201cHeavy handed censorship, to say the least\u2026they both threatened severe action against the festival if we showed it, so it is out,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do hope that they did not call or threaten you. It is done, it is out and we have been censored\u2026 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The \u201cHouston officials\u201d mentioned in the email are believed to have been operating on behalf of the Mayor, Sylvester Turner.<\/p>\n

We will update this story with more information as it develops.<\/p>\n

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