On Saturday night, in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, Covid conspiracist filmmaker Mikki Willis debuted the fourth film in his Plandemic series to an audience of about 150 fans and fellow travelers. Then, before he and his cast and crew could get into a planned Q&a session, the audience was told it had about five minutes to clear out of the ballroom venue.
“I did not know that,” Willis said after confirming with event workers the screening space had to be empty by 8 p.m.
Unlike the first...
“I did not know that,” Willis said after confirming with event workers the screening space had to be empty by 8 p.m.
Unlike the first...
- 3/10/2024
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. convened a panel of health misinformation superstars on Tuesday evening for a roundtable discussion that suggested his medical conspiracism will be a key component of his 2024 presidential run. During the unfiltered conversation, he falsely suggested that millions of deaths in the Great Influenza (or “Spanish flu”) epidemic of 1918 could be attributed to vaccine experiments.
The long-shot candidate — known for promoting the debunked link between vaccines and autism, and opposing Covid-19 vaccination efforts — was joined in conversation by four doctors as well as several influencers and alternative medicine promoters,...
The long-shot candidate — known for promoting the debunked link between vaccines and autism, and opposing Covid-19 vaccination efforts — was joined in conversation by four doctors as well as several influencers and alternative medicine promoters,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez and Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
If you think the Covid-19 pandemic was the first time the far right took strange health advice proffered by wellness devotees, think again. Bodily sovereignty and purity tests have long been part of fascist and white nationalist playbooks. Bipartisanship has a way of dissolving when it comes to the body — especially, as it now seems, when it comes testicle tanning, or so says Tucker Carlson.
In the nineteenth century, German strongman Eugen Sandow was the bodybuilding poster boy. Sandow was born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller; “Eugen” was allegedly short for “eugenics,...
In the nineteenth century, German strongman Eugen Sandow was the bodybuilding poster boy. Sandow was born Friedrich Wilhelm Müller; “Eugen” was allegedly short for “eugenics,...
- 4/19/2022
- by Derek Beres
- Rollingstone.com
In March 2021, an Austin-based man who goes by the name Joyous Heart posted a photo on Instagram of a group of extremely well-dressed, attractive individuals, beaming against the backdrop of a pristine sunset. “What a wonderful tribe of human being we have here in Austin… so grateful to be co-creating and experiencing life with these superheroes!,” the caption read.
According to the post, the event was in honor of the 46th birthday of Dr. Micah Pittman, the owner of a chiropractic practice in Lakeway, Texas, who regularly shares anti-vaccine content...
According to the post, the event was in honor of the 46th birthday of Dr. Micah Pittman, the owner of a chiropractic practice in Lakeway, Texas, who regularly shares anti-vaccine content...
- 1/28/2022
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been no shortage of conspiracy theories. And on May 4, a 26-minute video named, Plandemic, joined the list of conspiracy theories that have been widely spread on social media and the Internet. Plandemic was produced by Mikki Willis’s production company, Elevate, based in California. Willis uploaded […]
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- 6/28/2020
- by Hannah Mallard
- Uinterview
Mangurama and Bobb Films have bought U.S. and Canadian theatrical distribution rights for the documentary “Weed the People,” executive produced by Ricki Lake.
Abby Epstein, who teamed with Lake on “The Business of Being Born,” directed “Weed the People.” The film made its world premiere at the 2018 SXSW Festival, was the audience award winner at the Nashville Film Festival and will have a West Coast premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival.
Epstein and Lake said, “We are thrilled to be working with Mangurama on the theatrical release of our documentary, ‘Weed The People.’ Following in the footsteps of ‘The Business of Being Born,’ which changed the way Americans looked at childbirth, we hope that ‘Weed The People’ will humanize the controversy around medical cannabis. As our film reveals, access to this plant has become a human rights issue.”
The film focuses on several families who obtain cannabis oil...
Abby Epstein, who teamed with Lake on “The Business of Being Born,” directed “Weed the People.” The film made its world premiere at the 2018 SXSW Festival, was the audience award winner at the Nashville Film Festival and will have a West Coast premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival.
Epstein and Lake said, “We are thrilled to be working with Mangurama on the theatrical release of our documentary, ‘Weed The People.’ Following in the footsteps of ‘The Business of Being Born,’ which changed the way Americans looked at childbirth, we hope that ‘Weed The People’ will humanize the controversy around medical cannabis. As our film reveals, access to this plant has become a human rights issue.”
The film focuses on several families who obtain cannabis oil...
- 9/12/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Mikki Willis doesn't care about raising his kids by "traditional rules" ... so when his son picked out a doll as his new toy, this awesome dad was all for it. After 4-year-old Azai got two of the same toys for his birthday, Mikki brought him to the store to exchange it for a new gift ... and the first thing he wanted was a Little Mermaid Barbie doll. Mikki says he's received tons of negative comments...
- 8/25/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Elevate Film Festival has announced a spectacular finale for the year's event. Modern pilgrim Chris Howe will be walking on a 6,500 hike from Los Angeles to Mundau, Brazil to close the event.
The festival, the first ever filmmaking competition created to challenge the international film community to create works of social and global importance, will feature Howe's journey, which will start immediate following the fest's event as he steps outside Nokia Theater L.A. Live.
When the show ends, Howe's wife and two children will join him on stage to say goodbye. After which, the guests will be invited to join him on the streets to join him for the first five blocks of his walk. Elevate organizers will ask the 7,000 plus guests to donate a dollar each to support the pilgrim during his travels. A documentary short about his journey will be the final film of the event.
Elevate founder Mikki Willis said,...
The festival, the first ever filmmaking competition created to challenge the international film community to create works of social and global importance, will feature Howe's journey, which will start immediate following the fest's event as he steps outside Nokia Theater L.A. Live.
When the show ends, Howe's wife and two children will join him on stage to say goodbye. After which, the guests will be invited to join him on the streets to join him for the first five blocks of his walk. Elevate organizers will ask the 7,000 plus guests to donate a dollar each to support the pilgrim during his travels. A documentary short about his journey will be the final film of the event.
Elevate founder Mikki Willis said,...
- 9/30/2008
- icelebz.com
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