He Graduated from Bible Baptist Seminary in May of 1972. The entire sordid affair is disgusting. They know they were violated, but still want to belong, to be loved badly enough, that they dare not risk the fragile harmony they could still have with him. One of my friends put her wrist to her nose and laughed, indicating that the young woman in front of us — the one pregnant with her daddy’s baby — smelled badly. Some men are "the cruelest and most forceful sexual predators living. Just was a suspect in her murder and the documentary interviews Detective Lonnie Lawson. It is, rather, a challenging film that reveals the real cost of abuse but, also, the deep strength of familial love. Creating awareness is the resource I have, so I’ll do that. Ann was organising an impromptu family reunion around her mother's hospital bed. LOL. I will never forget that and call on that stength when the pain is bad. I just didn’t have the stomach for it. The pandemic has changed lots of components of the entertaining process—including where the entertaining actually happens.If you're planning on hosting people outside of your immediate circle, an outdoor celebration is a better choice for the health and safety of all. i do not actually know if hadnt put bullet in his head prior to his death. Disturbing. His 22 Grand Children and 1 Great Grand Daughter. E-mail Citation » A comprehensive look at the etiology, prevalence, treatment, and prevention of family violence. It was always a case of 'us' or 'we', and most of the time I didn't even know the camera was there. It is, rather, a challenging film that reveals the real cost of abuse but, also, the deep strength of familial love. rcel.id = 'rc_' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000); No one seemed to care, or at least not care enough to put a stop to it. But if his remarkable documentary, Just, Melvin, resembles opera, it is opera as written by Jerry Springer. This is the sickest thing I have ever seen. It is not easy to go back and spend time with the living, scarred wreckage that a man like Just leaves behind- worse still, lives on and denies his crimes. It won awards at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, South Beach Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival and Newport Beach Film Festival. o please so you hate half the human race. Halfway in would earn her?50 cents. Just's second (and then-current) wife, Venice is mother to four of Just's children/step-children. Their own mothers aided and abetted the acts. Society needs to work on getting rid of the 'taboo' regarding molestation, and focus more on identifying and stopping it, and prosecuting those that are guilty. Melvin E Just was born on month day 1922, at birth place, Kentucky, to Joseph Just and Irene Saner. In proverbs when it says to "listen to the instruction of your father" should be ignored when your father asks you to do something immoral. This family reminds me of my mother's family. James Ronald Whitney's award winning film about child abuse. This film documents her subsequent healing and recovery. It’s not at all funny. Thank you for this film and the truth it tells. Although it is depressingly hard to keep score, Melvin molested 10 children and step-children. Yet regardless of their circumstances, Whitney is committed to his family members. These experiences are terrifyingly common, and permanently mutilating. You one day may reap what you sow and find yourself facing someone just brave enough to ask the right questions. English is not a first language for many. God bless. Evil? I think the extent to which this situation exists in our society is vastly understated.... probably unknown. I can only hope that after he died, that the girls were finally able to move forward with their lives in some way. Everyone just laughed it off as he's crazy. "[2], Whitney, at the time a Wall Street executive, returns to his rural hometown of Carlotta, California, and interviews his family members about his maternal stepgrandfather, Melvin E. Just. He and his wives deserve nothing less than to be pulled, screaming, to the depths of hell by the most evil demons. The devastation and repercussions of abuse are shocking to witness in the portrayal of these families’ lives. He Graduated from Bible Baptist Seminary in May of 1972. He was under investigation when his step-grandson interviewed him. if there is a hell,........I hope he is there right now, burning forever. This site is provided as a service of SCI Shared Resources, LLC. The burial scene in the end is just what needed to end this hour long movie filled with atrocities. You always think of your faults but seeing this daemon makes you realize how many dimensions above you are from some creatures that are classified as the same specie. He is a horrible horrible man... My first cousin molested me and npbody cared. My heart aches for them. There is nothing I can say except this. Dude...I wanted to shove him in that wheelchair right off that dock. What could motivate a serial abuser to face his accuser on camera? I'm furious though that the family continued to bring children around this man knowing full well what he is capable of. I haven't watched this yet but by the comments made I can see that as always this subject has touched a few hearts...I never survived sexual abuse I lived with sexual abuse,you survive a car crash this **** you just live with,it becomes normal in a twisted reality..All I can say is let go....forgive the person and not the action,sick people do sick things,I fell pregnate to my grandfather at 16 and had a abortion sad yes but a part of my life.i don't use it as a reason to blame, I think everybody has the right to handle tings their own way, and this is just a documentary that gives these women a chance to tell their stories, they don't portrai themselves as being victims, they just tell their stories, and if you ask me they would have every right to act like victims if they would have chosen so. Several of the aunts reveal they are sleeping in their vehicles. I cant believe this man never paid for the lives he destroyed & was allowed to continue his reign of terror. He served fewer than nine years. This film minus the sexual abuse reminded me of them & him to a T. He's the worst kind of pedophile there is on earth. That's what abuse does, and that's how abusers get away with it. He also pimped them out to strange men for money, and even took photos while this was happening. I was disappointed to see the daughters hugging and talking to him in the end. My heart goes out to the Just Family during this time of loss. After watching this all I want to Do is kick the director in the balls for not at least punching that piece of **** at least once for his aunts and mother. Starting with his mother's … History is a good guide. This doc is thorough and made well but the content is very disturbing. ?People need to see this. With James Ronald Whitney, Melvin Just. Other people are more evil so hes fine". When he wed his English dance partner, the ceremony included dance routines by the bride and groom. You play beautifully. Thank you for sharing your experiences and to your family for opening up themselves to us. I dont believe in evil. I'd say it's worth watching still, just as long as you discount the narcissistic BS of the filmmaker. Six-year-old Beth talks to a therapist about the horrific abuse she has suffered as well as the abuse she inflicts upon small animals and her own brother. Just, above, with his daughter June, was sentenced to eight years in prison in the 1970s. I was just a kid, too. That may or may not be the case here, but it could be somewhere else. Family gatherings sparkle with moments of touchingly protective comedy. I dont give a **** WHO is out there and what they are doing, Raping a three year old is evil.