Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
In the 80's, in the upper-middleclass district of Great Neck, the awarded Professor Arnold Friedman is arrested for possession of some magazines of child pornography. A further investigation of the police discloses that apparently Arnold and his eighteen years old son Jesse molested his young students during their private computer class. Their Jewish family tears apart with the situation and the sentences of Arnold and Jesse. (imdb)
Genres: Documentary, Biography
Country: USA
Directed By: Andrew Jarecki
Starring: Arnold Friedman, David Friedman, Elaine Friedman, Jesse Friedman
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Son: "Do you like it when she calls you slime?" Dad: "She doesn't call me slime- everyday." The contradictory statements and general confliction between sides is thought provoking to be sure but while the film for the most part seems to be striving for objectivity, it came off more than a little too sympathetic for Friedman's given all of the information out there.
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