Leaving Neverland, the controversial documentary about allegations of child sex abuse by the late Michael Jackson, is causing huge waves at Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Dan Reed’s film for HBO and Channel 4 saw Park City police increasing its presence around the Egyptian Theatre ahead of the screening, anticipating angry protests from loyal Jackson fans.
“On a 10-min break halfway through Sundance’s 4-hour Michael Jackson child sex abuse documentary,” Daily Beast senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon tweeted.
“Wade Robson and James Safechuck have both testified under oath that Michael never did anything inappropriate toward them,” the statement continued.
Reed previously directed The Paedophile Hunter (2014), a Bafta-winning film about vigilante Stinson Hunter’s attempts to entrap child abusers online.