‘Once upon a vaccination’ (De prik en het meisje) is a personal film, about a mothers doubt to vaccinate, or not to vaccinate, her 12 year old daughter with the HPV vaccination against cervical cancer. It is a filmed essay about vaccination and doubt, decision making, the gap between the citizen and the government, the pharmaceutical industry and the quest of a mother to find the truth for her daughter. Half of the population in the Netherlands decided not to vaccinate, and it became a huge controversial issue in the media.
The film is reguarly screened on international conferences and at the Dutch Ministery of Health.
In 2011 ‘Once upon a vaccination’ was screened at the Dutch Film Festival and Nevejan invited as a special guest.
Press announcement in Dutch.
Interview with Maartje Nevejan in Nefarma in Dutch
Dutch Newspapers
AD, Friesch DagBlad, Nederlands Dagblad, NRC, Telegraaf, Trouw, Volkskrant, BN de Stem.
Dutch TV Magazines
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Dutch Magazines
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