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All right today where you are here with Randall Moore He is the director producer and editor of evidence of harm, which is a fantastic DVD that Discusses mercury dental fillings and how they destroy your health and the environment. So Randall, why don't you quickly just Tell us a little bit about yourself and about the movie evidence of harm Right on. Yeah, so my name is Randall Moore and I worked for a number of years in the video and film industry and At some point within the last decade my dad started experiencing symptoms of dementia and you know, it was really upsetting to everybody in the family and Very out of character for him and all I could think of was well how the heck did this start? Where did it come from? And started doing some searches in the scientific literature about Alzheimer's and different factors and I came across some studies linking mercury to Alzheimer's and Upon reading these studies. It was pretty apparent that there's a number of sources of course to mercury But that the largest source from mercury dental fillings, which my dad had a mouthful of in his life And so I thought oh my god, this is unbelievable like I can't believe this here's all these researchers linking mercury to Alzheimer's and But there's really the dental associations weren't really saying much about this And so I thought well, you know some information needs to be put out there for people to Understand what's going on with the exposure to mercury from fillings and some of the potential adverse health effects that could come from that And so from my dad getting Alzheimer's it really just doing the research on that kind of led me into Wanting to make a film about it Well, it is a great film. So tell us a little bit about why you made the film Yeah, sure. So, you know, I think I'm one of those people I like to share information with others. I like to learn things and Just this seemed to be off the radar really and it really seemed like it need a big light shined on this issue The information that I had seen on it was really kind of all over the place There wasn't there definitely weren't any videos like documentaries on this yet There was a 60 minutes piece, you know Like a decade and a half ago or however long it was it was probably I think back in the 90s actually now So it just seemed like there was a real need for a long-form documentary that could go into a lot of depth and nuance on this and that that's Something that I kind of like to do. Anyway, I like to do research I like to get down into the nitty-gritty aspect of things and so this film provided me a great opportunity to do that, but During the making of the film really, I mean if you want to reach people and Really connect with people. I feel like you have to show the human side of this. How does it affect people? And so we've got three really amazing people in the film. There's a dental assistant who was injured from dental mercury there's a dental patient and then there's Actually a dentist who himself had been injured and changed his ways into mercury safe dentistry But the the big standout for me was the scientist in the film who had essentially published all of these studies linking mercury to Alzheimer's and You know, it might seem kind of dried at first talk about a scientist but when he when I started to know more about him and know more about his life and Some of the trials and tribulations that had been through to bring this message out to people It's really pretty amazing this guy and what he's done not only to Bring awareness of how mercury can affect the biological system, but he Understanding the problem and seeing that you know, the ADA and FDA weren't doing anything He ended up developing a safe key later for mercury to help people And so there's just a lot of really great information in the film for somebody who's looking for for more Well, it is a fantastic fantastic film. How did you raise the money to make this film? You know, I tell you Raising money to make a film is a challenge, you know it at the time we started off back in 2010 there were a lot of opportunities with crowd-sourced funding and whatnot that was The just kind of it was really taken off then and so there was opportunities there to be able to use a Very large group of people and not over tax too many people, you know with being able to contribute But um, so we raised probably about a quarter of the money from large groups of people And then I had an angel investor a friend of mine whose grandmother had come down with Alzheimer's disease who early on saw some of my footage because at first I was just you know, I just wanted to gather information about this and I started putting some things together and I put together a trailer for people to kind of understand what I was doing and that really seemed to catch on fire And really get people excited about what we were doing And so he invested quite a bit and then there were several Mercury safe dental organizations who also contributed money The International Academy of oral medicine and toxicology. It's a long name, but their acronym the IAOMT that these guys really have Led the way with developing the protocol that when mercury fillings are taken out Their dentists know how to protect the patient and the staff and that is just that was probably the one of the things I learned About the film is that that aspect is so critical Because there's a hundred and twenty million people with mercury dental fillings in their mouth That at some point those fillings gonna need to be replaced removed whatever that nothing to do with health and so it's just so important that those fillings get removed safely because The levels of mercury generated during a removal are astronomical and Anyway, that organization saw a lot of value in what I was trying to do and they also contributed some money But but you know, it was just a very an ongoing process. We would get through a phase Like a year or two and have an edit and think oh wow We're really missing a create key critical point here there. And so then we'd have to raise some more money and You know doing reshoots is always hard and getting through the year And you know, I was really I guess very concerned about how people would Receive this information and so I spent a year doing test screenings, you know every month I would set up a test screening with different people with groups and Receive feedback which you know early on was really brutal It's a very humbling experience as an editor to get such critical feedback, but I knew that It was needed because I knew that this film had to really appeal to a wide swath a wide audience In order to get its message home And so that that information was really critical over that year to get get us to a version of the film that we have now Which I think is really super compelling. Well, I know the people over at the I oh, I AOM T. They're they're great people They also were big supporters of me when I was making the fluoride poison on tap film And so they they are great people. Dr. David Kennedy is one of the kindest most genuine people I've ever met in my life. Isn't that the truth? Yeah And you know Paul you mentioned it David And I agree with you. This guy is just so kind-hearted and generous and really lives his life to To bring awareness to other people about fluoride and mercury and early on in my film, you know I was doing filming without any funding just with friends and equipment that I had And I reached out to dr. Kennedy and if it were not for him, he brought me to my first I AOM T meeting and he flies this little plane and his dad lived not far for me at the time and So we flew in to see his dad and he offered to You know fly me to this meeting Which was a godsend to me because I didn't have any money or there was no money at that point And I was just racking up credit card bills And so for this guy to you know, kind of take me and shepherd me there and get me back It was just that was I got so much great footage from that meeting because the IOM T They bring in all of these amazing presenters. I Was filming non-stop all I was there. I probably got 20 25 interviews from that first Meeting alone and it was all thanks to David Kennedy. So he's just I couldn't say enough kind things about him Yeah, I mean I never got the opportunity to fly with him I know I know we were gonna fly at one point But we we never ended up doing it. But what that would be awesome. How is how is flying with? Dr. Kennedy? Oh He's great because he talks through everything, you know, like he's such a teacher And he's telling you everything he's doing You know super safe now at the time I had kind of a fear of flying and so, you know When you're in a small plane all those bumps Everything's magnified in a small plane those little Cessna's you feel every little bump and Yeah, they're they're definitely not for the faint of heart But anyways guys this movie evidence of harm is fantastic It has a lot of great information a lot of really stunning graphics and it's really well made and the reason why I talked to ask him about the budget of the film is Because it looks extremely high budget you did it you did a great job Randall at bringing this What was the total budget for the to the village about? 500,000 yeah Wow six years Wow Yeah, and there was a lot of a lot that went into that So, you know an average person might hear that and think oh my god That's so much money But it's interesting as you're making these movies and you're trying to get all the crew together and get them out to you know Another state that was the thing. Like I don't think there was any shoots that we did in our own state They were all you know on the East Coast or on the West they were they were places where we had to travel to and so there's just a lot that goes into it and And yeah, and you did most everything yourself, too I mean you you did a ton of work on this you said how many years that you worked on this five years or Yeah, I think it was six by the time is all said and done. Yeah, because even once you get the film made, right? So if there's five years into making a film Then you've still got it. Like it's kind of like a baby being born. You don't really walk away from it then you've got to figure out kind of help it get on its own two feet and get out off into life and You know, we do these things like your films You're one to raise awareness And so trying to get it out there and find those platforms that you can where and I'm so thankful to you Like early on you were one of the first people I think that offered my film and so I was so grateful to you like Finally, you know somebody sees that there's some value in this information Well, I I wish I had a bigger audience where I could sell more of them and because it I just want people to know The truths that are presented in this film. It's a power powerful film. It's a it's a it's a great I can't stress enough to people. Just please go out there. I know you have You have it digital. You can digitally download this film and buy it just type in evidence of harm I'm sure you can find it in the Google and Watch this film and if you've already seen this film and you know Love family you have family and friends and loved ones that have mercury fillings in their teeth, you know show them this film It'll it'll help them, you know Alzheimer's is a serious thing and and mercury fillings is a You know is the reason why a lot of people have the problems that they have Yeah, there's all kind. I mean, it's really pretty amazing when you start looking into the toxicity and mercury and Start seeing the number. I think there's like 32 different adverse health symptoms that can come from exposure to mercury It just no matter where it goes in your body, you know, if you're susceptible in any way It's going to take you down in that area I mean so it's really And I think that's really hard for a lot of people to wrap their mind around that you could literally have 20 different people All exposed to the same amount of mercury, but because of genetic susceptibility Age and you know a host of other factors that mercury would affect each one Individually in a different way and that's really hard to wrap your brain around Awesome. Well, thank you so much for coming on Randall We got to do this again and have a longer discussion and really go through it because you know it's it's interesting to talk to other filmmakers and kind of get their perspective and and get kind of how it's done because making a film is Super hard like people don't understand The how what you see and what you see in the final product is not even what like took place Like there's so many shoots that were just scrapped and so many things that were just wrong that got you like just could you see a film and you see the edit and You're like, oh this couldn't be too hard to make but you don't realize that the 20 other edits that came That happened before you finally got it to work. You know what I'm saying? Right, well in our case, I think the final one was version 105 Yeah, and you're right, you know, I think that as far as the footage that got left out of the film, you know I I try to share a lot of that stuff with people Because there's still value in it and there's informative things and so on our YouTube page I put up all the extras that we did, but I think if you totaled it all up It's probably an hour of edited footage that just didn't make it into the film So like you're saying people see the end result and don't realize well, okay It was this but really it was that much You know and you can't even go through all the topics you want to talk about or a bore him to death Like you can't go over all the reasons why it's so stinkin toxic for your health, but mercury Will it is so toxic. I can't even stress go out and get this film evidence of harm today Support Randall support me. It's a great film. It's a Guys, come on evidence of harm. Thank you Randall for doing this. Let's do this again. Okay, sounds wonderful Thanks for all you do for raising awareness. All right, it's really terrific what you're doing. Thank you Paul. Thank you Have a good one. All right, man. Bye now