Maryam Henein is a Canadian-born

investigative journalist Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years rese ...

, activist, alternative medicine practitioner,

filmmaker Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, castin ...

, and

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. She directed the documentary ''

Vanishing of the Bees ''Vanishing of the Bees'' is a 2009 documentary film by Hive Mentality Films & Hipfuel Films, directed by George Langworthy and Maryam Henein and released in the United Kingdom in October 2009. The story is centered on the sudden disappearanc ...

'' narrated by Elliot Page. Henein has been accused of spreading misinformation about COVID-19.

Early life and education

Henein is a native of

Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pe ...

, Canada. She interviewed documentarian

Morgan Spurlock Morgan Valentine Spurlock (born November 7, 1970) is an American documentary filmmaker, humorist, television producer, screenwriter and playwright. Spurlock's films include '' Super Size Me'' (2004), '' Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?'' ( ...

for '' Penthouse'', and also produced documentaries for the UK’s

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on subjects that include pimps, drug dealers and porn stars in the

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area. She was also part of ''First Apartment'', a reality show webcast in the late 1990s and early 2000s on the now-defunct website crushedplanet.com, produced by Joe and Harry Gantz of ''

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''.

Career

''Vanishing of the Bees''

With

George Langworthy George Langworthy is an American film director, producer and writer. He is best known for his work on '' Cake: A Wedding Story'' (2007) and ''Vanishing of the Bees'' (2009). Early life and education Langworthy attended Rice University and spen ...

, Henein directed the 2010 documentary (which took five years to produce), ''

'' with Elliot Page narrating the film.

HoneyColony

Henein is the founder of HoneyColony Inc., a member-supported online magazine that hosts a number of optimized-health and investigative writers called "Hive Advisers"..

''Of Bees & Men''

Henein continues to work on projects involving bees and contamination of the food supply. She is working on a memoir titled ''Of Bees & Men'' and launched a year-long Save the Bees campaign in June 2014.

Controversy

Henein is an adherent of the conspiracy theory that the

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...

pandemic was planned by authorities. Henein was the subject of a 2020 report by

Media Matters for America Media Matters for America (MMfA) is a politically left-leaning 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization and media watchdog group. MMfA was founded in 2004 by journalist and political activist David Brock as a counterweight to the conservative Media ...

, a liberal media watchdog group, documenting her website's medical misinformation, such as the false claim that vaccines cause autism. Henein was one of several individuals who subsequently received written warnings from the US

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over the advertisement of

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silver, vitamin C, and magnesium for preventative use against

. Henein maintained she did not commit any fault, and amended her website in accordance with the FDA's requirements.

Filmography

Film

Notes

References

External links

Official site of HoneyColony.com
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