Capturing the Friedmans
Capturing the Friedmans
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The Friedman family lived a seemingly normal life in Great Neck, New York, until Arnold Friedman, a respected teacher, and his youngest son Jesse were accused of molesting multiple children. Throughout the arrest, trial and eventual imprisonment of Arnold and Jesse, the family continued their tradition of documenting their lives with home videos. Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki uses these intimate tapes, along with interviews with the family, to present a jarring, powerful document of the Friedman's legal and emotional struggles. "Gripping, lacerating, moving, and tragic -- a work of documentary art" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly). Andrew Jarecki---USA---2003---107 mins.

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Warning: Don't watch this documentary expecting to feel good when it's over. Do watch this documentary if you want to feel anger and frustration at America's reactionary hysteria and the legal system. Arnold Friedman and his youngest son are accused of molesting neighborhood boys. Watch this documentary to see if they really did. But more importantly, watch this documentary to see how a horrible accusation, true or not, destroys a family. The director, Andrew Jarecki, shows how fear causes hysteria causes anger causes the dissolution of love and the destruction of parental ties.

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