Capturing the Friedmans

Name: Capturing the Friedmans
Director: Andrew Jarecki
Released: 2003-05-30T00:00:00+00:00
Rating: 7.1

2003 · TMDB 7.1

An Oscar nominated documentary about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the father Arnold and son Jesse are accused of sexually abusing numerous children. Director Jarecki interviews people from different sides of this tragic story and raises the question of whether they were rightfully tried when they claim they were innocent and there was never any evidence against them.

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Andrew Jarecki's documentary about a family accused of child abuse becomes a hall of mirrors, as home movies and news footage blur into an unsettling portrait of a family under siege.

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Arnold Friedman Elaine Friedman David Friedman Jesse Friedman Seth Friedman John McDermott Frances Galasso Anthony Sgueglia Joseph Onorato Judd Martin Howard Friedman Ron Georgalis

Director · Andrew Jarecki Producer · Marc Smerling Producer · Andrew Jarecki Cinematography · Adolfo Doring Editor · Richard Hankin

Runtime: 107 min
Released: 2003-05-30
Studio: HBO Documentary Films
Country: United States of America
Language: English
TMDB score: 7.1

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Andrew Jarecki's documentary about a family accused of child abuse becomes a hall of mirrors, as home movies and news footage blur into an unsettling portrait of a family under siege.