Robert De Niro’s Tribeca festival pulls anti-vaccination film

Robert De Niro is removing Vaxxed, the anti-vaccination documentary from the lineup of his Tribeca Film Festival, after initially defending its inclusion.

Vaxxed: From Cover-up to Conspiracy, was set to be part of the film festival when it opened next month.

The decision to include the film by anti-vaccination activist Andrew Wakefield came under fire, particularly since Wakefield’s contention that the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine has a link to autism has been discredited.