The mum of murdered toddler James Bulger has expressed her outrage after a movie about her son’s murder was nominated for an Oscar.
She took to Twitter to respond to the disappointing news that the movie Detainment was nominated in the Best Live Action Short category.
The movie follows the story of the two boys who were convicted of James’s murder in 1993.
The story focuses on the lives of 10-year-old Robert Thompson and Jon Venables before and after they kidnapped James from a supermarket.
Over 91,000 signatures support @Denise_fergus to get the @TheAcademy to revoke the shortlisting of a horrific short film about her son #JamesBulger The Oscars: Stop the James Bulger Movie from being shown and taken off the Oscars shortlist. https://t.co/znD9zCVCEE via @UKChange
— Lee Berry (@Lynott_FTP_Bass) January 22, 2019
James’s mum Denise Fergus issued an emotional statement following the news. She wrote: “I cannot express how disgusted and upset I am at this so-called film that has been made and now nominated for an Oscar.”
She continued: “It’s one thing making a film like this without contacting or getting permission from James’s family but another to have a child re-enact the final hours of James’s life before he was brutally murdered and making myself and my family have to relive this all over again!”
Denise was outraged by the nomination, especially after 90,000 people signed a petition asking for the movie to be removed.
This is all I want to say at present. pic.twitter.com/GbyshtVoa9
— Denise Fergus (@Denise_fergus) January 22, 2019
“I’m so angry and upset at this present time. I personally want to thank everyone that has signed this petition up to now and hopefully will carry on supporting me in this,” the distraught mum added.
She added: “I just hope the film doesn’t win in its category in the Oscars.”
