Indictment - The McMartin Trial
by Mick Jackson
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Actor: Henry Thomas, James Woods, Lolita Davidovich, Mercedes Ruehl, Sada ThompsonDirector: Mick Jackson
Brand: HBO Home Video
Cinematographer: Rodrigo García
Producer: Abby Mann
Writer: Abby Mann
Producer: Diana Pokorny
Producer: Janet Yang
Producer: Oliver Stone
Writer: Myra Mann
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 135 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-01-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: 91226
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Product features:
- Based on the true story of the McMartin family who, accused of a heinous crime, suffered six years of public humiliation before being found innocent. The scandal that tore a family and a nation apart.Running Time: 132 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R Age: 026359122620 UPC: 026359122620 Manufacturer No: 91226
Movie Reviews of Indictment - The McMartin Trial
Movie Review: Beyond The Veil of Truth
Summary: 5 Stars
There is something here in this movie beyond the veil of truth that the media never spoke of during the actual witch-hunting of the 1980s. I grew up in the aftermath of these California trials and it was with much angst that I met with families affected by them.
Indictment looks at the era from the point of view of the real "victims," which are the McMartins. If you speak with any of the surviving families they will tell you that they "believe the children" which was the slogan adopted by families during the actual era.
However the ones that never got to speak are the ones who knew what had actually happened. At the time I didn't know that it was from a paranoid schizophrenic woman that these charges came about, even more shocking was that she continued to send her son to the McMartin preschool after the allegations were made.
What followed in this woman's wake was a series of events that nobody could control. There was too much power in the hands of too few. At that time, in the early 1980s, California law was trying to come down hard on pedophiles. They needed someone to blame to move legislation forward. So they used the McMartin case to their advantage.
The power that they used over the McMartins and the children "interviewed" violated just about every civil right law in the constitution. It a was scary time for anyone working with children.
There was a woman, Kee McFarlane who had no valid credentials for "interviewing" kids suffering from abuse trauma. One of my friends had come into contact with her through the CII organization which at the time was trying new methods of bringing repressed memories of abused children to the surface.
During his sessions with her he was put through so much trauma he was willing to tell anybody what they wanted believe.
Kee McFarlane's power came from the public who wanted "justice" for their children. Little did the public know that all of these allegations came from fabrications by Kee McFarlane.
The only change to come from this case and the trial was the questioning of children because they are impressionable and vulnerable to suggestability.
For those interested in the era that drove most families in California into hiding, see this movie but be aware, it's a horror story.
Summary of Indictment - The McMartin Trial
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