Michael Jackson's Boys

Michael Jackson's Boys is a 2005 TV documentary made by Tiger Aspect Productions, and first aired in the UK on Channel 4 in January 2005 and in the USA on ABC in February 2005 under the title "Micheal Jackson's secret world" narrated by Martin Bashir, featuring addition interviews.[1] The documentary was released just prior to the Trial of Michael Jackson,[2] and it focuses on a "supposed history"[2] of Michael Jackson's interest in boys.[3][2]

Michael Jackson's Boys
Directed byHelen Littleboy
Produced byIrene Antoniades, Sam Dwyer, Lisa Perrin, Zoe Zarkos
Music byColin Winston-Fletcher
CinematographyBrendan Easton, camera: Derick Green
Edited byJoe Carey
Production
company
Release date
  • January 25, 2005 (2005-01-25) (UK)
Running time
60 minutes (UK) 120 minutes (US)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The film consists mostly of new interviews with people close to Jackson and archive footage. Some of the participants were given "compensation" for their interviews.[4]

Cast

Reception

Susan Hidalgo and Robert G. Weiner of Texas Tech University assume that the film "uses hearsay, insinuations, and assumptions" and effects and music for creating "a sense of danger and fear".[5]

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See also
  • Leaving Neverland, 2019 documentary film about the alleged experiences of Wade Robson and James Safechuck with Michael Jackson
  • Michael Jackson's Dangerous Liaisons, a 2010 book by paedophile activist Tom O'Carroll

References
  1. Jules Grant (24 Feb 2005). "RDFR picks up Jacko's Boys". c21media.net.
  2. Debbie Epstein; Deborah Lynn Steinberg (2007). "The Face of Ruin: Evidentiary Spectacle and the Trial of Michael Jackson" (PDF). Social Semiotics. 17 (4): 441–458. doi:10.1080/10350330701637049.
  3. Darwin Porter (2007). Jacko: His Rise and Fall: The Social and Sexual History of Michael Jackson. Blood Moon Productions, Limited. p. 315. ISBN 9780974811857.
  4. Heffernan, Virginia (2005-02-19). "Rehashing Old Secrets, With Little New to Tell". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  5. Susan Hidalgo, Robert G. Weiner, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas, “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’: MJ in the Scholarly Literature: A Selected Bibliographic Guide”
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