HPV Vaccine Film Series, Sacrificial Virgins, Wins Australian Film Festival Awards
HPV Vaccine Film Series, Sacrificial Virgins, Wins Australian Film Festival Awards We are pleased to announce that Sacrificial Virgins, a documentary series we showcased in a fall 2017 article, won two prominent film festival awards in Australia on March 4, 2018. “Sacrificial virgins” describe tween, pre-teen, and teenage girls and boys, who are socially marketed to and targeted for the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines (Gardasil, Gardasil 9, and Cervarix). The HPV vaccine is typically offered prior to being sexually active and heavily marketed for cancer prevention — even though according to the CDC’s own website, “Most people with HPV never develop symptoms or health problems.” Sacrificial Virgins, a three-part documentary series that addresses international concerns over the safety of the controversial HPV vaccines,…