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In the spring of 2019, before anyone had heard of COVID-19, Kennedy began investigating a global measles epidemic and filming with top public health officials–including Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, MD; Karen Ernst; Dr. Paul A. Offit, MD; Dr. Peter J. Hotez, MD; Blima Marcus, DNP –as well as rare verite and interviews with anti-vaccine activists - like Robert Kennedy, Jr. (charting his part in Samoa's tragic measles outbreak of 2019 and as he continues to garner GOP funding for a Democrat presidential bid today), Andrew Wakefield, and Del Bigtree - who were persuading parents by the millions to refuse vaccines for their children. Then COVID-19 happened. Acting quickly, Kennedy shifted his directorial eye to this once-in-a-century tragedy, as his family was caught in the maelstrom of COVID-19. Both skeptical and hopeful, SHOT IN THE ARM explores the cultural zeitgeist of vaccine hesitancy historically and in the context of the current COVID pandemic and how disinformation is its own disease. Can we replace cynicism with healthy curiosity and bridge the political divides that make us sick?
Original Release
11/03/2023
US Release
11/03/2023
Cast
Name | Character |
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Del Bigtree | Self |
Catherine Borek | Self |
Karen Ernst | Self |
Peter Hotez | |
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Self |
Eden Marie Kennedy | Self |
Tessa Lea Kennedy | Self |
Blima Marcus | |
Paul Offit | |
Neil deGrasse Tyson | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Del Bigtree | Self |
Catherine Borek | Self |
Karen Ernst | Self |
Peter Hotez | |
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Self |
Eden Marie Kennedy | Self |
Tessa Lea Kennedy | Self |
Blima Marcus | |
Paul Offit | |
Neil deGrasse Tyson | Self |
Oprah Winfrey | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Neil deGrasse Tyson | Executive Producer |
Maureen Flannigan | Executive Producer |
Todd Stiefel | Executive Producer |
Scott Hamilton Kennedy | Producer |
Beth Grupp | Producer |
Mark Monroe | Producer |
Chris Scamurra | Producer |
Mark Steele | Producer |