One of the most searing films ever made for television, INDICTMENT recounts the real-life McMartin child abuse case and subtextually parallels the day care scandal with other major witch hunts throughout American history.
As the shocking charges against the McMartin Day Care Center owners and teachers roll in, rational disbelief and benefits-of-the-doubt are mowed down by a media frenzy. Railroaded by careerist prosecutors led by Lael Rubin (Mercedes Ruehl), and convicted by the press before the trial even begins,
the falsely charged include grandmother Virginia McMartin (Sada Thompson), daughter Peggy Buckey (Shirley Knight), grandson Raymond Buckey (Henry Thom...
Released:
1995
Rated:
R
Length:
135 mins