Michael Jackson documentary on child sex abuse gets standing ovation at Sundance Film Festival

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• Wade Robson and James Safechuck are the subjects of the new "Leaving Neverland" documentary at Sundance Film Festival.
• The documentary recounts Robson's and Safechucks child sex abuse claims.
• Wade Robson and James Safechuck received a standing ovation from the almost entirely full Egyptian Theatre when director Dan Reed asked them to join him onstage.

Michael Jackson fans may be up in arms about the upcoming HBO documentary on allegations of child sexual abuse by the singer but today attendees at the Sundance Film Festival were up on their feet over Leaving Neverland.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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