Director: Dan Reed
Cast: Wade
Robson, Jimmy Safechuck, Michael Jackson Footage
This
documentary focuses on two men who now admit during a filmed interview that Michael
Jackson sexually abused them.
What makes
this film so powerful and credible is that it doesn’t focus on Michael, the pedophile. It focuses instead on the experiences of two men
who survived the abuse and who, to this day, are recovering from the trauma of
their experiences.
Kudos to director
Dan Reed who uncovers the truths in this film with respect and dignity. It makes clear that at the time the two boys were
actively involved with the superstar, what they felt for him was overwhelming love
and loyalty.
Michael’s
charisma was so powerful even the boys’ families fell under his spell. Watching the footage of Michael’s interaction
with them, we see proof of his generosity and kindness. We hear Michael’s voice ending his
conversations with, “I love you.”
Today, it’s
hard to imagine why a mother would allow her young son to share a bedroom with
Michael Jackson. It becomes a little
more believable when we see how Michael so sincerely cares about them.
As Wade
Robson and Jimmy Safechuck, now fathers of young sons themselves, honestly
share their experiences with us, we see their pain, vulnerability and
bewilderment. They KNOW Michael’s love
for them was genuine, but the confusion and trauma of being loved, then
rejected and discarded… that too is real.
As fathers
whose sons are now the same age they were during their time with Michael, they
see the vulnerability and innocence of young boys. They understand the ultimate
cruelty of planting seeds in a garden made of Michael’s type of inappropriate “love.” They know now that seeds thrown into that
type of garden create plants which are psychologically and emotionally malformed.
This is a
difficult film to watch. Nevertheless, its
hard-core truths present an important aspect of reality which all parents
should understand for themselves.
TAGS: Michael Jackson,
Wade Robson, James Safechuck, Dan Reed, Neverland
