Madeline Halpert

Yeah, so you mentioned the film is based on a book by a controversial former scientist, and she's promoted a host of unsubstantiated theories, including several during the COVID pandemic.

She said that the coronavirus was spread intentionally by wealthy people to increase vaccination rates.

So really a controversial figure.

And the film's executive producer has ties to a far-right radio host in the U.S.

who's spread false theories about mass shootings in the U.S.

And so the film's website touts the film as, quote, an explosive investigation into how pharmaceutical giants systematically captured governments and deceived families and communities worldwide.

But, you know, as you heard in the clip, it focuses in part on the COVID pandemic and COVID vaccines.

The film also features interviews with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is our health secretary here in the U.S.

And he's also a controversial figure, especially in terms of vaccines.

And in the film, he says the big problem with vaccines is that they are just not safely tested.

So it features a lot of his views and kind of lauds his views in the film as well.

Yeah, so his role is as a narrator, right?

So he is reading a script, but he is, I'm sure, aware of what he's reading.

So in the narration in the film that he reads, you know, he criticizes COVID lockdowns.

He can be heard calling COVID vaccines, you know, dangerous experiments.

And he repeats other fringe talking points as well.

His PR team has said he's never been and is not anti-vaccine.

They've cited his work with UNICEF.

And they also gave a quote that says, we all recognize that corruption can exist within the pharmaceutical industry, but that should never be conflated with opposition to vaccines.

So they're saying, actually, he's not anti-vaccine, despite some of the narration that we're hearing in the film.