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DESCRIPTION:On May 11th\, 2023 the Â鶹ɫÇéƬ Office for Science and Society (O
 SS) will host a screening of the documentary\, 'Virulent: The Vaccine War'
 . Following the screening\, Director of the OSS Dr. Joe Schwarcz\, will mo
 derate a discussion and Q&A with Laura Davis\, producer of the film.\n\nFr
 ee\, registration required.\n\n\nAbout the film\n\n'Virulent: The Vaccine 
 War' examines the history of vaccine hesitancy and denial\, and the effect
  Covid-19 has had on anti-vaccination activists. The film also looks at th
 e ways in which the anti-vaccine movement weaponizes history to target Bla
 ck Americans and other minority communities.\n\nAbout Our Panelist\n\nProd
 ucer/Interviewer Laura Davis makes impactful documentaries about the histo
 ry of medicine. Her latest project\, Virulent: The Vaccine War\, directed 
 by Tjardus Greidanus\, examines the history of vaccine hesitancy and the e
 ffect Covid-19 has had on anti-vaccination activists. It is her follow-up 
 to the CINE Golden Eagle-winning A Shot to Save the World about the creati
 on of the Salk polio vaccine which featured exclusive interviews with Bill
  Gates\, Jonas Salk's family and patients\, and the last surviving members
  of his laboratory. The film premiered on the Smithsonian Channel on World
  Polio Day 2013 and was honored by the CDC Foundation. It streamed on Para
 mount+ throughout 2020.\n\nHer last documentary\, Burden of Genius\, an ex
 ploration of Dr. Thomas Starzl’s pioneering work in organ transplantation\
 , is heading to public television following hundreds of screenings at top 
 transplant centers including Stanford\, Columbia\, Harvard-Mass General\, 
 Johns Hopkins\, Cleveland Clinic\, UPMC\, Duke and the University of Chica
 go as well as at transplant conferences around the world. It was recently 
 screened for the transplant team at Kyiv's National Specialized Children's
  Hospital\, where staff is now caring for children and adults injured in R
 ussia's invasion of Ukraine.\n\nBefore turning to documentaries\, Laura pr
 oduced hundreds of marketing featurettes for Sony Pictures Entertainment\,
  Universal Pictures\, Paramount\, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. O
 ver two decades\, she worked for some of the world’s most respected direct
 ors producing over 30 projects for Martin Scorsese\, James L. Brooks\, Mik
 e Nichols\, Cameron Crowe and Michael Mann.\n\nLaura also produced the doc
 umentaries Everest: On Location in the Death Zone (Miramax) and The Chef &
  The Architect (Food Network)\, the telefilms\, Someone Else’s Child (ABC)
  and Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack (CBS)\, and the feature
 s Hellbent (2018) and A New York Heartbeat (2013)\, which gave Emmy Award-
 winner Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) her first starring rol
 e. She got her start as an interviewer on NBC Radio and later for Showtime
 /The Movie Channel following her graduation from Cornell University.\n\n\n
 Watch the trailer of 'Virulent: The Vaccine War'.\n\n
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LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Montreal\,\, H3A 0G5\, Moyse Hall\, 853 Sherbrooke Stree
 t West
SUMMARY:Documentary Screening - 'Virulent: The Vaccine War'
URL:/oss/channels/event/documentary-screening-virulent
 -vaccine-war-347195
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