Indictment - The McMartin Trial | James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl

Indictment - The McMartin Trial | James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl | Best television move I've ever seen

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	Indictment - The McMartin Trial James Woods, Mercedes Ruehl Hbo Home Video, 2003 average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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. ' 'Riveting, frightening, dynamite.' ' (The Washington Times)

Beyond The Veil of Truth

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.

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Best television move I've ever seen

It is my favorite James Woods performance, and it made him a hero to me.

James Woods Gives a Wonderful Performance!

This tells the true story of the infamous McMartin preschool trial.I ordered this a while back and finally got around to watching it.I bought it because I was fascinated with this case after watching a CBS movie of the week called "Do You Know The Muffin Man".This true story focuses on The McMartin Family's Attorney.This film portrays the Family as innocent people which is what I believe is true.There is no medical evidence that anyone was molested at the preschool.A woman named Kee McFarlane was brought in to interview the children.Her interviews with the children were videotaped.The McMartin's lawyer viewed the tapes and noticed she used methods that might have possibly brought in false memories into the children's minds.The videos were shown in the courtroom during the trial when Kee McFarlane was on the stand.The McMartins ended up winning the case.James Woods gives a wonderful performance as The McMartin's attorney.

This film is very interesting and entertaining.I highly recommend it to anyone that was fascinated by the Day Care which hunts of the 1980s.

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a injustice beyond compehention

This is a story about one of america's biggest injustices of all time and it to show that if the outrages enough no one care if you're innocent.

PS this is James Woods of all time

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