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In 2016 Wakefield directed the anti-vaccination [[propaganda]] film ''Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe.''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Menon|first1=Vinay|title=De Niro did right inoculating Tribeca Film Fest from Vaxxed: Menon {{!}} Toronto Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2016/03/28/de-niro-did-right-inoculating-tribeca-film-fest-from-vaxxed-menon.html|work=Toronto Star|date=28 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Plait|first1=Phil|title=The Tribeca Film Festival Pulls Anti-Vax "Documentary" |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/03/27/tribeca_pulls_anti_vax_documentary_by_andrew_wakefield_from_its_lineup.html|work=Slate|date=27 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/vaxxed-from-cover-up-to-catastrophe-is-designed-to-trick-you-review-20160401 |title='Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe' is Designed to Trick You (Review) |last=Kohn |first=Eric |date=1 April 2016 |website=[[Indiewire]] |accessdate=3 April 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kommentarer/Robert-De-Niro-har-gjort-seg-til-vaksinemotstandernes-nyttige-idiot--Ingeborg-Senneset-8407950.html |title=Robert De Niro har gjort seg til vaksinemotstandernes nyttige idiot |author=Senneset, Ingeborg |date=28 March 2016 |work=[[:no:Aftenposten|Aftenposten (Norway)]] |accessdate=22 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="gorski1">{{cite web |url=http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2016/03/25/mystery-solved-it-was-robert-de-niro-who-got-andrew-wakefields-antivaccine-film-selected-by-the-tribeca-film-festival/ |title=Mystery solved: It was Robert De Niro who got Andrew Wakefield’s antivaccine propaganda film selected for screening at the Tribeca Film Festival |date=25 March 2016 |website=Respectful Insolence |author=Gorski, David (Orac) |accessdate=2 April 2016}}</ref> The film purports to show "an appalling cover-up committed by the government agency charged with protecting the health of American citizens [the US [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC)] ... an alarming deception that has contributed to the skyrocketing increase of autism and potentially the most catastrophic epidemic of our lifetime."<ref>{{cite web|title=Vaxxed Official Documentary Film website|url=http://www.vaxxedthemovie.com|website=Vaxxed|accessdate=27 March 2016}}</ref> The film was withdrawn from New York's 2016 [[Tribeca Film Festival]] after the festival's founder [[Robert de Niro]] (who has a child with autism) reversed his decision to include it.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vaxxed: Tribeca festival withdraws MMR film|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35906470|website=BBC News|accessdate=27 March 2016}}</ref> Wakefield called this action censorship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/27/filmmakers-accuse-robert-de-niro-of-censorship-after-he-yanks-anti-vaccine-movie-from-tribeca-festival/|title=Robert De Niro accused of censorship after yanking anti-vaccine movie from film festival
|last=Holley|first=Peter|date=27 March 2016|publisher=Washington Post}}</ref>
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