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CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS

Director:

  Andrew Jarecki
  

Year Released:

  2003

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Arnold Friedman
  David Friedman
  Elaine Friedman
  Howard Friedman
  Jesse Friedman
Movie Haiku:Respectable middle-class family fragments under the stress of a sex abuse scandal. Two things make this award winning documentary so fascinating: the filmmakers present contradictory evidence without explicitly endorsing any one view, & they parcel out information, thereby forcing audience members into confronting their own biases. A deeply disturbing film.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2003