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    Shot in the Arm
    ABOUT THE PROJECT

    LOGLINE
    SHOT IN THE ARM is a documentary about the complex and intertwined worlds of public health, vaccines, vaccine safety, and the search for truth.

    SYNOPSIS
    Always led by verifiable science, SHOT IN THE ARM will be a taut socio-political thriller inspired by movies like Contagion and Traffic. We will peel back the layers of the people on the front lines of these complex stories to get to the truth. Every scene of SHOT IN THE ARM will wrestle with timely and important questions like: If measles were declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, why are we seeing state of emergencies declared around measles across the U.S. in 2019? Will we stave off a national or global pandemic? Do we need a reset on what qualifies as expertise, and how to distinguish between good and bad information?

    PROJECT TYPE Documentary Feature

    DIRECTOR Scott Hamilton Kennedy
    PRODUCER Scott Hamilton Kennedy

    WEBSITE shotinthearm.blackvalleyfilms.com

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