Tag: The Invisible War
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Laurane Sheehan, Longtime Entertainment Publicist, Dies at 61
Laurane “Lala” Sheehan, a longtime corporate entertainment publicist and events planner, died Nov. 11 of a sudden heart attack.Sheehan was a senior accounts supervisor at Maggie Begley Communications for 30 years, where she worked with clients including Laika, Locksmith Animation, the Gotham Group, the Oneida Indian Nation, Vista Group, Movio, Cinedigm, Anheuser-Busch, children’s author Tony…
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Netflix ‘The Bleeding Edge’ Filmmakers Respond to Bayer Attack on Film
The team behind “The Bleeding Edge,” the Netflix exposé on questionable practices in the medical-device industry, have issued a response to criticisms about the film’s alleged inaccuracies leveled by Bayer, the multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical giant.“We are not surprised that Bayer has attacked our film, which reveals the serious complications caused by its flawed implantable birth control…
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‘The Bleeding Edge’ Review: Netflix Documentary Proves That the Medical Device Industry is Destroying Lives — Tribeca
Activism can take many forms — on one extreme, the empirical argument, appealing to reason above all else; on the other, the pure visceral nature of an emotional response. “The Bleeding Edge” oscillates between those two extremes. The latest alarming documentary from “The Invisible War” and “The Hunting Ground” director Kirby Dick is a shocking…