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EXT – MULLUMBIMBY – DAY DARREN WALKING MULLUM_0224 ANTIVAX STICKERS MULLUM_0326, 0325, 0320, 0321, 0323, 0324 DARREN LOOKING AT STICKER MULLUM_0027 00:00:14 GENERAL GVs 0327, 0330, 0333, 0312 |
Mullum drone shots and street GVs, people out and about in the morning.
Anti-vax stickers dotted around the main street. THE
COVID-19 VACCINE IS THE WORLD’S WAY OUT OF THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC BUT
VACCINE MIS-INFORMATION COULD BLOCK THAT ESCAPE ROUTE WITH AUSTRALIA’S VACCINE
ROLLOUT WAY BEHIND TARGET - I’ve come to the anti-vax centre of Australia
to find out who’s fuelling THE movement HERE
- AND TO SEE WHAT IMPACT IT COULD HAVE. Darren walking down Mullum main St, looks
closely at anti-vax sticker on street. |
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PROGRAM TITLE: Battle
for the vaccine hesitant |
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INT – SHERRIE’S HOUSE -
DAY These people say they’re not against all vaccines..
Just the covid vaccines. But I want to know why |
Darren driving MULLUM_0155 HERE IN MULLUMBIMBY A COVID VACCINE SCEPTIC HAS INVITED ME TO HER HOME
FOR A GROUP CHAT PTC IN CAR MULLUM_03 00:00:10 And I kind of feel like I’m walking into the lion’s den VO: (before hug) I soon learn that social distancing isn’t observed
here Darren Sherrie greet at door, Sherrie hugs Darren. Darren and Sherrie
walk into meeting and greet group MULLUM_06 ANTIVAXER MEETING 1 00:01:15 BUTT TO 00:33:02 Sherrie: We're here to talk about COVID.
Our thoughts on COVID. You know, whether we think
this is actually real. 00:14:29 Sherrie: My feeling is that COVID has been exacerbated out of all
proportion 02:27:45 Woody: BUTT TO 00:20:11 Maha: And
the media seems to be behind this tsunami, this wave. BUTT TO 00:24:59 Darren: If you look at What's happening in India right now When there
are thousands of people dying every day, graves being built, they're being
dug, 00:35:49 BUTT TO 00:37:56 Darren: Overwhelmingly the vaccine has been shown to be safe and there
have been some side effects, but they're extremely rare. BUTT TO 00:38:26 Woody: Range from a
minor Um, irritability to death. Darren: And the question is, is the risk worth the benefit? And
overwhelmingly the risk is worth the benefit that you get from the
vaccinations. BUTT TO 00:45:35 Sherrie: If that's your, your feeling Darren or your investigation VO: IT’S 10 AGAINST 1 – BUT THESE ANTI-VACCINE IDEAS BEING SHARED
INSIDE A PRIVATE HOME IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THESE IDEAS BEING SPREAD ON
SOCIAL MEDIA BUTT TO 02:31:14 ANTIVAXER MEETING 3 Darren: Can I get a show of hands, the people here who've had their
views, um, censored online on social media. (six of them put their hands up) BUTT TO 00:42:40 ANTIVAXER MEETING 1 Darren: It's about, um, uh, what pro-vaccine groups would call
misinformation. BUTT TO 00:14:58 ANTIVAXER MEETING 1 Darren: So is it fair to say that one of the
major issues and common themes here would be distrust? Distrust of the health
messages? VO: But are they? Everyone leaves with a customary
hug, and I leave with CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE THIS INFORMATION IS COMING FROM UPSOT antivaxxers hug Sherrie shows Darren to door 02:43:20 ANTIVAXER MEETING 3 00:00:13 ANTIVAXER FAREWELL DRIVING |
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EXT – DARREN IN CAR – DAY Darren getting into car looking at leaflet |
VO: ON THE WAY OUT OF THE MEETING one of the sceptics handed me a somewhat
more radical anti-vaccine leaflet and asked me to watch his film |
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EXT – DARREN AT CAFE – DAY MULLUM_0204 00:00:17 |
PTC at Mullum cafe So I’ve followed the link on the leaflet and it takes me to a page where
I have to pay to watch a film attacking vaccines or buy merchandise |
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EXT – BYRON BAY STREET - DAY Darren meet pro-vax really Dr Rachael Heap who explains it’s a
controversial topic that often isn’t discussed publicly in the area, like
politics or religion. She offers us a sobering take on what he calls a
divisive and loud minority of anti-vaxxers, who’ve made many people feel
unsafe discussing COVID and vaccination. |
DARREN DRIVING SHOTS, ARRIVING AT RACHEL’S HOME, GREETINGS 0157, 0311 PROVAXER ARRIVAL_FAREWELL 01:22:26 THOUGHT TRACK MULLUMBIMBY_PROVAXER 1 00:28:35 Rachel: It's marketing. So first of all, you
find an audience with, um, a preexisting
vulnerability to misinformation. Around here There's people with distrust of
authority and a narrative that says it mainstream and authoritarian is bad. So you've got a fertile ground. 00:44:24 Rachel: People who want to make people scared of vaccines. They've got
blood on their hands ACTUALITY RACHEL ON PHONE 00:56:57 Hi it’s Rachel … 00:57:50 If I understand you’ve been offered AZ vaccine
but you’re concerned because you’ve heard or read stories... THOUGHT TRACK 00:54:15 Rachel: My name is Rachel Heap. I am one of the admins of the Northern
rivers vaccination supporters. I'm also a specialist
in intensive care medicine. UPSOT RACHEL ON PHONE 00:58:02 – 00:58:12 So first of all thanks for calling, let’s see if we can work through
the answers to what you’re worried about.. VO: For eight years, Dr Rachel Heap and her wife Penny Wheeler have
had a solitary mission THOUGHT TRACK 00:52:03 Rachel: We try and fill the void of information, um, and we try and
support those who do vaccinate to feel confident in their decisions. VO: BUT ANTI-VAX TROLLS HAVE BULLIED RACHEL FOR HER ADVOCACY OF
MAINSTREAM MEDICIINE. THEY EVEN SUCCEEDED IN BRIEFLY KILLING HER - FALSELY CLAIMING ON
SOCIAL MEDIA THAT SHE WENT INTO A COMA AFTER HER COVID JAB MUSIC, MONTAGE OF ONLINE HEADLINES AND PHOTO OF RACHEL AFTER JAB 00:41:42 Rachel: I did not go into a coma after my COVID vaccine and I'm not
dead. 00:42:15 Rachel: It's funny, kind of, but it's really
horrible and really cruel. And it demonstrates how easy lies are to tell. VO: Rachel has seen what happens when lies spread and health advice is
ignored. OLAY _PROVAXERS (EXTRA - PART 3) THOUGHT TRACK 00:44:31 Rachel: I've got the ghosts of people who have died from vaccine
preventable diseases all over me. I carry them all the time. They didn't need
to die. They died because somebody chose to make up some misinformation to
make a buck. 00:32:56 Rachel: If we want to go back to a world where health services aren't
overwhelmed and where there isn't that scourge of this disease going around,
vaccines are the answer. ACTUALITY Darren leaving shots |
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Melbourne breath drone |
VO: I think it's easy for the vaccine sceptics to feel COVID won't
impact them here where there's only been a handful of cases. But in Melbourne it’s a different story. The city was at the pointy
end of Australia's COVID experience. |
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EXT – MELBOURNE TOWERS PARK - DAY Darren PTC in car driving to
towers Meets Hiba for walk and talk,
before sitting on park bench This sequence will rely on
drone shots of towers and lockdown file from last year ARCHIVE DRAMATIC TOWER LOCKDOWN
VISION Can we use towers as GFX plate? |
DARREN PTC driving to towers I am going to visit the towers at the centre of Melbourne’s harshest lockdown.. residents here were forced in for five days,
with almost no time to prepare, VO: I’VE BEEN TOLD IT LEFT MANY RESIDENTS –FEELING DISTRUSTFUL OF THE
GOVERNEMENT. SO HOW ARE THEY FEELING NOW ABOUT THE COVID VACCINE ROLLOUT? Darren walks towards tower Upsot hi’s with hiba. WALKING Darren: So you grew up in
these towers, huh? Heba: I did actually. I've
been living here for 21 years since I was born AT PARK BENCH 00:02:46 Darren: So what effect did those lockdowns
have on this community? I imagine there must have been a lot of fear at the
time. Hiba: I think the lockdown kind of created a, um,
confusion within the community. 00:03:19 there was no, um, any information really, it was from
the 5pm news that we had found out that this was going to be into effect
effective immediately 00:03:45 it was very evident that there was
police everywhere in all entrances, of the actual estate. 00:03:48 Darren: That must have been confronting? Hiba: Very BUTT TO 00:04:02 00:04:47 Darren: So we're talking
about a community that's already fragile Hiba: Yes, I think there's also a fear Darren: Of government? Hiba: Yes of government. |
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INT – BEYDA’S APARTMENT - DAY Can also use OLAY of Darren and Hiba walking along main street talking
to get there Some Co-health towers community
olay here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cb4N-M27j4 |
VO: HIBA TAKES ME TO MEET ANOTHER TOWER RESIDENT. UPSOT “nice to meet you Bedya” VO TOGETHER BEYDA AND HIBA ARE ACTUALITY Darren and Hiba walk into North Melbourne tower (shot from
public footpath). Beyda answers door (shot from inside apartment). Beyda,
Darren, Hiba greetings. 00:53:56 Beyda: Try to explain to them as much as we can and
then like inform them that they can get what they believe on the government
website. 00:45:22 Darren: Do you feel like people in the community, um,
are still very concerned about the vaccines, um, because maybe they don't
trust the messages that are coming from the health authorities. Have you
experienced that? 00:39:20 Beyda: they used to think it's not halal and kind of
like some of them, especially for the women that they don't have, like, they
don't get chance to get a baby after if they had the vaccine |
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File showing crazy covid misinformation from
around the world COULD DO WITH FILE OR GFX OF
GLOBE? |
VO: Covid myths SUCH AS THE VACCINE NOT BEING HALAL, OR THAT IT CAN
IMPACT FERTILITY are affecting communities all around the world From rumours cow dung can protect against COVID (Indon) To gargling vinegar as a way to kill the virus None of which are true |
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EXT – MELBOURNE TOWERS PARK - DAY Possible vids to use https://twitter.com/jcokechukwu/status/1249319400307646465?lang=en https://twitter.com/jcokechukwu/status/1246043980971851777 https://www.facebook.com/jokechukwu1/posts/10224727482673707 https://www.facebook.com/jokechukwu1/posts/10225140565840528 |
Back on park bench with Hiba 00:11:20 Hiba: So a lot of this was
spiralled through WhatsApp and it was information that was not accurate and
very farfetched 00:13:14 Hiba: And I think it also manipulated the fear that
was already around 00:13:47 Darren: So it really
affected the willingness of people here to take the vaccine. Hiba: That’s correct. BUTT TO 00:17:17 If you don't address it, it will grow. And if, um,
and once it grows, then are we really gonna achieve
herd immunity within the community? |
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INT – CO-HEALTH MEETING – DAY ACTUALITY Inside Co-Health, infectious
diseases expert Dr Nadia Chaves is meeting leaders
from the Arabic community, who are being trained to bring positive vaccine
messages back to their communities. Darren meets Dr Nadia and the leaders and
discusses their community’s vaccination concerns and workshopped responses. Other relevant stats To what extent do you
agree or disagree that you are worried about potential side effects of a
COVID19 vaccine – 25% strongly agree – March 2021 To what extent do you agree or
disagree that if a Covid-19 vaccine becomes available to me in 2021, you
definitely intend to get it – 12% strongly disagree – Dec 2020 Could include Aust provax govt ads, Singapore
campaign song |
UPSOT Discussion leader 00:06:55 So what we're going to do today is we're going to go
through a session, um, which is called how to talk to your community about
the vaccine. VO:
A March study from Imperial College London found vaccine-hesitancy rates
in Australia have crept as high as 35%. So meetings like this organised
by local not-for-profit Co-Health are helping community leaders take a
positive vaccine message back to their communities Dr
Nadia Chaves is answering their questions MELB_6, MELB_7, MELB_8, MELB_9 Nadia: 00:48:32 What we know is that if you have the two doses of
the vaccine for the Pfizer, it's 93% that you're not going to get COVID. So
that means nine out of 10 people are protected. 2nd lady in Hijab 00:50:26 So we have to take both? 2nd lady in Hijab 00:51:45 The side effect we can get, how long is that? Nadia 00:51:57 So nine out of 10 people will have a sore arm. You'll
get, um, maybe fever, aches and pains, muscle aches, and pains. And you might
feel a bit tired. NEW NADIA UPSOT MELB_MEETING_2CH 01 00:49:58 people are saying, well, why should we get the vaccine? There's no COVID here, but if we're not protected when
COVID comes and I'm sure it will once we open up borders, we won't be
protected. BUTT TO BRAZILIAN LADY 00:18:16 people are looking at WhatsApp and in the social
media Darren: (18:32) MEETING ENDS 00:30:10 GROUP applause |
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INT – NADIA OFFICE - DAY |
NADIA SIT DOWN DARREN REVERSAL MELB_64
00:00:28 Why is it so important that we debunk
misinformation? NADIA SIT DOWN 00:22:03 COVID has impacted countries such as the U S the UK
and India. Um, and it hasn't had that same impact of infections in Australia.
However, if we don't address the vaccine hesitancy and misinformation, there
will be a problem. |
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ARCHIVAL OLAY with dramatic mood music STRAP @RoyalFamily
for Queen upsot Archive of
vaccine rollout, Queen, Boris, celebs getting jab. Public health messaging. |
UPSOTS: UK COVID MONTAGE, briefings with Boris, deaths, infections spreading,
BAME UPSOTS if possible VO: If we want a glimpse at what Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine future
could look like, go no further than the UK (Where vaccinations are dominating
the news) UPSOTs VACCINE ROLLOUT news reports.. Vaccine
hesitancy, misinformation |
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EXT – BRADFORD STREETS - DAY News and archive footage of Bradford copping the brunt
of COVID. Lives lost etc Street scenes of Bradford. Empty streets with few
people out and about of South Asian descent Also see files
0260, 0261, 0263, 0264 |
OVER
38 MILLION PEOPLE IN ENGLAND HAVE ALREADY HAD ONE DOSE OF THE JAB, AND
LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS ARE STARTING TO EASE BUT
IN THE NORTHERN CITY OF BRADFORD, ONE COMMUNITY IS STILL IS SEEING LOW TAKE
UP OF THE VACCINE GVs Bradford empty streets, BAME neighbourhoods VO: Roughly one quarter
of Bradford -
identifies as Black, Asian or minority ethnic, sometimes referred to as BAME THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN HIT HARD BY THE VIRUS, BUT VACCINE HESITANCY
HERE REMAINS HIGH SOMETHING NOREEN KHAN IS TRYING
TO TACKLE |
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EXT – NOREEN FAMILY HOME - DAY Noreen and her father are enjoying a cup of tea
together at the start of their day. The
sequence will set up the difficulty Bradford in particular
has faced over the last year. Show isolation of COVID-19. Guests still not allowed inside. Noreen
managing the pandemic and being out in the community whilst also having
elderly, susceptible parents at home. BACKLAY WITH NOREEN FEEDING BIRDS 0109 0113 00:00:45 talking to birds 0114 00:01:00 talking to birds |
OVERLAY WITH NOREEN BRINGING TEA TO HER DAD 0122 00:00:05 Noreen: We really need to understand more of the
motive behind these anti-vax messages. Um, it's costing lives. UPSOT actuality Noreen bringing tea out to father 0127 0128 00:00:12 Noreen: Dad you want some tea? Dad: Just a little bit. VO:
NOREEN’S PARENTS ARE ORIGINALLY FROM PAKISTAN - AND HERE IN BRADFORD 23% OF PEOPLE
OVER 80 FROM THE PAKISTANI COMMUNITY ARE REFUSING TO GET THE VACCINE. Actuality Upsot Noreen and dad giggling on
the front deck 0129 00:07:37 – 00:08:06 Noreen: What do you think of the anti-vax messaging
that’s going around? Dad: You mean the phrases or something like that, or
comments or something? Noree: Yeah some of the memes that you’ll see, what
do you think of them? Dad: Very funny, totally funny. Sometimes I think,
can you repeat that? I hear that if we had vaccination
we would grow beard and moustaches, being infertile and other things BUTT TO 00:08:25 You could write a book on that. “hello Darren
how are you” “I’m good Noreen thanks so much
for speaking to us” VO: SHE TELLS ME IT WAS HER
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF HAVING COVID-19 THAT MADE HER DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE SPREAD
OF MIS-INFORMATION |
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DARREN NOREEN ZOOM IV |
Zoom greeting Darren and Noreen NOREEN IV MULTICAM_PART 02 01:10:02 BUTT TO 01:11:01 I'm sorry. I choked up talking about Anise (looks
away, clears throat) BUTT TO 01:11:08 Darren: I can see why it would bring tears to your
eyes. BUTT TO 01:10:46 Noreen: It gave me the ammunition to go out there in
the community and say, if you don't save your loved ones and yourselves, you
know, I don't want them to have to go through situations that I went through. |
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INT – NOREEN OFFICES – DAY Noreen putting together hygiene
packages and food vouchers for single mums, explaining BAME communities have
been fending for themselves for years. EMAIL ASIAN SUNDAY YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND
ASK IF WE CAN USE THE VISION EMAIL REQUEST SENT TO ASIAN SUNDAY 13/5 ITV EMAIL REQUEST SENT TO ASIAN SUNDAY 13/5 Darren and Noreen master interview while Noreen is
assembling hygiene packs.. Reversals shot in Sydney Noreen explains the social + economic impact of COVID on the
community, and lack of support + trust in government – but this isn’t just a
COVID problem, the community has been fending for themselves for years. Noreen Youtube vids 00:02:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr6ShxWjpEU 00:00:53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbdYUj9dSpE Other Noreen vids here https://neesie.org/programmes/covid-19-emergency/ DELIVERIES OVERLAY 0260, 0258, 0375, 0377, 0378 |
UPSOTS youtube …Noreen on UK morning chat programs
“Noreen Kahn community leader spreading a provax
message in Bradford …etc” GVs into quick montage of Noreen packing hygiene packs – short sharp
compilation Energetic thought track VO: ALT NOREEN
HAS BECOME WIDELY KNOWN AS A VACCINE ADVOCATE - AND IT ALL STARTED WITH HER WORK
FOR NEESIE – AN OUTREACH SERVICE FOR STRUGGLING SINGLE MUMS ACTUALITY as Noreen assembles hygiene pack 0349 00:00:33 – 00:00:53 So in these hygiene packs we have one packet of wipes,
we have a package of sanitary towels, a toothpaste tube … VO: They began putting together these care packages for vulnerable
BAME families.. and Noreen learned pretty quickly it
also opened the door for a Covid catch up UPSOT taking packs from car, knocking on door 0375, 0377, 0378 ACTUALITY 0378 Noreen greets woman at door 00:02:30 We’ve got some packs for you…
Noree: Have you been called for your vaccine yet? WOMAN: I got my first vaccine because I’m working at
a school..” Noreen: OK good BUTT TO 00:05:50 – 00:05:58 Noreen: I’m here for you, I will always be here for
you WOMAN: Thank you Noreen, you are my sister THOUGHT TRACK NOREEN IV
MULTICAM_PART 02 The thing is, our communities are not hard to reach
Darren. No one has tried to reach us in the right way. |
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EXT – BRADFORD GVs - DAY 0267, 0269 BAME youths walking dog 0270 Boys walk away and waves at camera 0268 Muslim man at shop Mosque EXT GVs 0444, 0445, 0448 DARREN NOREEN ZOOM IV OVERLAY WITH UK BAME USING
MOBILE PHONES IN BRADFORD SQUARE Darren to locate |
BRADFORD BAME STREET GVs UPSOT 0298 call to prayer Bradford mosque VO: Some mosques like this one in central Bradford opened their doors
as community vaccination centres to boost vaccine confidence. But it’s not
been enough. UPSOT Mosque INT .. call to prayer VO A UK STUDY FOUND THAT PEOPLE OF SOUTH ASIAN BACKGROUNDS WERE MORE
UNSURE ABOUT TAKING THE VACCINE THAN OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS. TRUST, RISK AND
LOW CONFIDENCE ALL CITED FOR NOT WANTING TO GET THE JAB NOREEN IV
MULTICAM_PART 01 BUTT TO 00:33:13 00:17:16 00:17:26 BUTT TO 00:18:50 |
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EXT – NOREEN’S HOME – DAY Back on Noreen’s deck and she’s
speaking with her father 0110 Noreen’s dad looking at
mobile phone |
UPSOT Noreen at eatery NOREEN IV MULTICAM_PART 02 00:54:32 Darren: what does the battle for the vaccine
hesitant look like in the months and years ahead? 00:48:52 Herd immunity is only going to come, we can only
live a relatively normal life again, once we reach a certain percentage in
the UK 00:49:05 We're not all going to be free until then |
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INT – DARREN OFFICE - DAY |
00:01:29 Shot says ‘Medical Racism: The New
Apartheid’ VO: But forces are aligned against people like Noreen 00:03:54 UPSOT Our body our choice VO: Movies like these targeting diverse communities with false claims
about Covid-19 vaccines |
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EXT – DARREN GFX/PTC – DAY Moody
shots of Darren at laptop, searching social media platforms, using GFX GFX (From CCDH report) ------------------ 8 million new followers since
2019 ------------------ 80% in US 20% in Canada, NZ, UK and
Australia ------------------ FB 31 million followers YouTube 17 million Insta 7 million Twitter 2 million ------------------ 58 million followers |
PTC something like: And the makers of content like this are attracting huge audiences online A recent report from the Centre for Countering Digital Hate, says during
the pandemic, their accounts have gained almost eight million new followers on
social media Facebook is the most popular destination..
But there’s a misinformation link to and from every mainstream social media
outlet The total following for these accounts, now around 58 million and counting |
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INT – IMRAN AHMED DESK - DAY Imran Ahmed from the Centre for
Countering Digital Hate sits at his desk watching the trailer and other RFK
Jnr content on his laptop. It’s a small office in his Washington DC
apartment. He responds as he watches the content. ANTIVAXERS_20210428_IRAM IV Can overlay Imran with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHkXhHQUTDo&t=69s |
VO: To help me better understand this
eco-system, I put a call in to Washington DC. Imran Ahmed heads the CCDH. 00:01:42 Darren: You’ve been tracking antivax messaging
around the world. Where’s it all coming from? Imran: The bulk of the misinformation is coming from
a really small number of bad actors. Um, we've
discovered that 12 are responsible for 65% of the shares on social media
platforms Imran: (04:08) IMRAN SHARES ZOOM SCREEN WITH DARREN AND CYCLES THROUGH ANTIVAXERS ON
SOCIAL Imran: (13:22) Imran: (11:55) Imran:
(15:21) UPSOT
FB VID 00:15:43
..which is, uh, a chemical, uh, enzyme or something absolutely necessary
for the development of a healthy placenta. 00:15:53 Imran: It's always worrying when a doctor says that something is an
enzyme or something, and it gives you a hint that she doesn't really know
what she's talking about. 00:22:43 Darren: Is it just new followers, these people are
chasing? Imran: They're not just trying to grow their
markets. They're also trying to monetize those markets. BUTT TO 00:17:24 ..selling them books, selling them access to secret
information, selling them false cures. 00:23:27 Darren: Do we know how much money they're making as
an industry? |
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Ask ROLLCALL Give you a strap and credit you for footage EMAILED
13/5 SEEKING PERMISION OTHERWISE FIND NEWS REPORT OF
ZUCKERBERG OTHERWISE VO: FB CEO MZ
APPEARING BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhDRHDMnKOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvyFSEs7Zv0 |
UPSOT video of Mark Zuckerberg at US Senate committee… Senator
says: “Your platform bears some responsibility for
disseminating disinformation ..” |
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INT – IMRAN AHMED DESK - DAY Imran’s answer overlaid with social
media GFX of antivax pages and
content |
00:23:52 Darren: So where does big tech sit in all this? BUTT TO 00:27:06 We calculated that that market, the traffic
generated by anti-vax content and the people who are addicted to that content
generate a billion dollars a year for the social media companies. BUTT TO 00:24:25 That has changed. BUTT TO 00:24:48 They have actually
expanded their policies, made it, um, made it, uh, against their
policies to spread misinformation. The problem now is not they've got bad VO Despite
Facebook, Twitter and Instagram announcing bans on antivax content, - Last
month the Centre for Countering Digital Hate found 105 cases of content
slipping through. Facebook
says it’s removed 16 million pieces of content since the pandemic and it’s
connecting people to reliable information from health experts |
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EXT – OAK LANE - DAY Then we’re introduced to our Covid Leader. Noreen meets
Sana Mahmood in Bradford’s halal/multicultural shopping strip. We set up their mission to convince vaccine hesitant
Amer to get his second jab and alleviate his concerns about blood clots. 0219, 0220 CUTAWAYS 0237, 0238 |
VO: Back in Bradford and Noreen has enlisted AND TRAINED a team of TWENTY
young medical students from the BAME community to help fight vaccine hesitancy - THROUGH
FACE TO FACE INTERVENTIONS UPSOT actuality Noreen meets Sana on street with brief chit chat OVERLAY WITH NOREEN WALKING TO MEET SANA 0242-0249 0221 00:00:03 – 00:00:58 Norren: We’ve got Amer in today,
he’s a very strong anti-vaxer at the moment, a lot
of concerns… Sana: What do you think the strategy should be? Noreen: It’s about
accepting that we understand their issues
ACTUALITY Sana and Noreen bump elbows and Sana begins the walk to
nearby Lister Park |
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EXT – LISTER PARK – DAY We follow Sana to Lister Park, where she meets vaccine
hesitant Amer. She will try to convince Amer to get his COVID jab, and alleviate his concerns about the latest blood
clot reports. |
VO: Amer has received eight Covid vaccination reminders from his local
clinic and ignored them all. He’s the last in his family not to get the jab,
despite being a diabetic. 0157 00:00:14 – 00:00:25 Amer: We don't know the long-term side effects of
the vaccine, uh, why it's been pushed out so quickly because surely it must
take years to get the perfect vaccine out that safe. BUTT TO 0159 00:00:00 – 00:00:10 BUTT TO 0159 00:00:18 – 00:00:30 BUTT TO 0159 00:02:26 – 00:02:44 Amer: Not necessarily. Sana: What do you mean? Amer: The media, the media, from my personal opinion, the media will always have a bias
objection to it. They're only going to portray one side. BUTT TO 0160 00:02:47 – 00:02:58 VO SANNA AND HER FELLOW COVID ADVOCATES HAVE SO FAR CONVINCED MORE
THAN 1000 LOCAL VACCINE SKEPTICS TO GET THEIR JABS. It’s clear Amer will not
be easily swayed TODAY. |
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AD BREAK |
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FILE OF ANTI-LOCKDOWN PROTESTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxCINK57Kbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8PEZwVwAMk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYQGkeJCC4c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEeDSlSRYRs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzdgG-jofPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7zK8BuKSp4 |
VO:
The COVID-19 pandemic has set the stage for an explosion in vaccine
misinformation THAT COULD DERAIL ATTEMPTS TO REACH HERD IMMUNITY VO: In Germany, rollout delays and low
confidence in the AstraZeneca jab mean, so far, only around 13% of the
country is fully immunised. And now, there’s another
force fuelling vaccine conspiracies. UPSOT Germany protests |
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EXT - GERMAN REICHSTAG -
DAY We meet far-right monitor
Hans-Jakob Schindler in front of the German parliament. Hans gives us his
thoughts on the anti-lockdown mass protests last which ended in an attempt to
storm the parliament building Democ.de Ask and give credit Emailed
13/5 seeking permission |
UPSOT Germany Reichstag demo, file/Youtube vision Ominous thought track ACTUALITY Hans speaks in front of the Parliament building C0185 00:32:39 – 00:33:05 A couple hundred extremists and anti-vaxxers broke
off from that demonstration around five in the afternoon, came here and then
tried to storm up the stairs and storm inside the building, the building
which is the traditional parliament building of Germany THOUGHT TRACK 00:01:00 – 00:01:29 Hans: Very immediately, the extreme right-wing, including
the violent extreme right-wing BUTT TO 00:04:30 – 00:04:40 …as an opportunity to roll out their ideological
ideas to a group of people who felt insecure, isolated and critical of the
government. |
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INT – HANS’ OFFICE - DAY Hans-Jakob sits at his desk,
examining Youtube vision from the anti-lockdown
protests, identifying far-right flags in the crowd. |
ACTUALITY Hans at laptop pointing at screen showing the protest BUTT TO C0171 00:26:59 – 00:27:31 Here you see wonderful in one shot, right wing
extremist symbolism here, with the Reichskriegflagge,
Querdenker here and anti-vaxxers here, all in one
shot BLUR FACES IN LAPTOP SHOT |
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INT – HANS OFFICE – DAY Darren connects via remote
interview Darren reversals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq7mmyKWXUs NOTE TO SIMON Can we please edit out the “So” at the start of some
of my Qs? So many Sos. |
Zoom Hans with Darren reversals 00:06:01 – 00:06:08 Darren: So,
are the anti-vax groups putting up any kind of firewall to these right-wing
extremist groups? 00:06:08 – 00:06:17 Hans: Unfortunately, no. HERE YOU NEED A BREATH SO THE EDIT DOESN’T FEEL SO TIGHT
- cut back to Darren nodding or
listening a beat of silence - before
he asks the next question. 00:06:35 – 00:06:39 Darren: So, what is the end goal of the far-right
groups during the pandemic? BUTT TO 00:07:07 – 00:07:17 Hans: To destabilize the- the system, to create,
create a chaos.
..if you look at the demonstrations, if you look at
the online ecosystem of these groups, there is a marked increase. BUTT TO 00:14:05 – 00:14:11 It is basically a movement that is certainly
trans-Atlantic and- and- and reaches into Australia as well. 00:10:05 It's clear
that the vaccines are absolutely necessary, if we ever want to get this
pandemic under control. 00:10:46 Obviously, this all starts with false information
and disinformation being put out. |
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EXT – BERLIN STREET – DAY Berlin GVs establishing shots. Street scenes, trams etc C0104 00:41:50 Irmela jacket C0105 jacket C0106 picking up bag C0107 closing door C0108 leaving apartment GVs of Irmela
on streets looking for graffiti/stickers |
VO: SOME ARE FIGHTING THE MIS-INFORMATION IN THEIR OWN UNIQUE WAY IRMELA GRABBING BAG TO LEAVE HER APARTMENT, ROAMING STREETS, SPOTTING
STICKER AND APPROACHING C0053 00:21:16 – 00:21:21 ACTUALITY STREETS UPSOT Irmela: The greatest joy is to have destroyed a
Nazi sticker VO: 75
year old Irmela Mensah Schramm IS ON A CRUSADE TO CLEAN UP COVID
CONSPIRACIES AND MESSAGES OF HATE IRMELA GRAB overlay with street vision C0148 01:11:51 – 01:12:11 I’ve received
terrible letters with Hitler portraits. I’ve also been attacked while I was
out and about. And I found one big graffiti in the street which said,
‘Schramm, we’ll get you!’ C001 00:05:48 – 00:05:56 ACTUALITY STREETS Irmela points to
bus stop seat Irmela: Here is said ‘COVID Dictatorship’ and ‘Wogs Out’. C0125 00:49:59 – 00:50:28 IRMELA GRAB overlay with street vision Irmela: I know that the extreme right like to
jump on a bandwagon whenever there’s any problem within society. And now with
the Covid pandemic, they’re taking this opportunity to step out into the
limelight and showcase their political beliefs, which they spread very
strongly in this environment. C0087 00:34:52 – 00:34:55 UPSOT ACTUALITY STREETS Irmela: There really are some utter idiots around. |
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INT – TRAIN HOME - DAY |
C0098 00:40:41 – 00:40:47 UPSOT ACTUALIRY Irmela on train I have now
removed 84,455 stickers. |
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INT – IRMELA’S APARTMENT C0130 00:53:16 Irmela walking through apartment C0140 01:00:18 Folders C0145 01:01:49 Swastika in background STICKERS FOR GFX TRANSLATION C0146 01:02:03 Kill Bill –
Vaccinate Now! C0112 00:45:10 The system is more
dangerous than Corona C0115 00:46:44 Corona Proves: Globalisation kills C0136 00:55:24 The German is made a monkey / Basic Law C0147 01:02:48 Corona Children:
Future diagnosis for today’s abuse |
ACTUALITY Irmela arrives back at her
apartment C0138 00:56:08 – 00:56:17 “What we have here are folders 1 to, what I
have here in my place, 125. BUTT TO 00:56:28 – 00:56:38 I started to remove Nazi graffiti and Nazi stickers in 1986 VO: Irmela’s strategy: Don’t fight fascists
with fire. Fight them with files and folders, which she hopes to one day turn
into a public exhibition. C0133 00:53:45 Irmela humming
whilst going through catalogue GFX idea Irmela showing us her catalogued stickers with GFX appearing to the side
with English translation C0148 01:08:55 – 01:09:16 MASTER IV overlay with apartment vision These are contemporary records that must be documented. Also, I want
to open the eyes of people around me. There’s no point in me removing this
and then saying, ‘well, I’ve seen this and removed that.’ ‘What
have you removed?’ – I need to be able to show that. BUTT TO 01:09:54 – 01:10:07 The Nazis are
appropriating the COVID-19 pandemic to fight their avowed enemy. And
these days their avowed enemy is the government 01:13:43 – 01:13:52 Freedom of opinion has limits. It ends where hatred and contempt for
others begin. |
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INT – MELBOURNE SHOTS – DAY |
VO: The fight against
far-right hatred carries lessons for Australia. Community must play a central
role in combating fear and distrust EMOTIVE MUSIC CO-HEALTH MEETING OLAY CLOSE UPS OF MULTICULTURAL TALENT, HIBA AT TOWERS THOUGHT TRACK NADIA SIT DOWN 00:33:55 I think minority communities have often been at the
frontline of the pandemic ANTIVAXERS_20210428_MELB 00:09:19 Hiba: We, as a community can really take charge of our own situation. BUTT TO 00:02:06 to kind of convey the message of their own story, taking charge of
their narrative. 00:17:01 So
it's about rebutting this misinformation, addressing it, not just like
pushing it under the rug 00:17:50 So
before it gets too far, let's cut the root before the tree grows. ------------------------------------------------ QUICK FADE TO
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WITH HIS FAMILY OR PORTRAIT
PHOTO. OR SCREENSHOT OF AMER CU. IN BRADFORD, VACCINE SCEPTIC AMER HAS NOW DECIDED TO GET THE PFIZER
JAB. |
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