The Friedman's are a respectable middle-class Long Island family addicted to recording their daily lives – on super-8 in the early days then later on videotape. But their world crumbles when the father a respected teacher is accused - along with the youngest of his three sons - of molesting schoolchildren. Unbelievably the arrest trial and its horrifying aftermath are all chronicled in the family's own home movies and the result is a remarkable tangle of contradictions that will haunt you long after the end-credits roll. This compelling documentary has... captivated audiences the world over with its intimate and thought-provoking approach to an emotionally-charged subject matter. [show more]
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Nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the 2004 Academy Awards, this unusual and disturbing documentary charts the scandal that surrounded the Friedman family from Long Island in the 1980s. Arnold, a well-respected schoolteacher, and his wife Elaine were a seemingly typical middle class couple who, along with their three boys, enjoyed making home movies of their daily lives. Their world was shattered in November 1987 when the police raided their home after Arnold and his eldest son Jesse were accused of multiple counts of child molestation. Arnold's home computer was found to contain a sizeable collection of child pornography. But how much truth was there behind the tide of allegations against the family? Andrew Jarecki pieces together footage from the Friedmans' home videos, news clips from the time and recent interviews with the family to assemble this thought-provoking film, which asks as many questions as it answers - and paints an intimate and devastating portrait of the collapse of a family.
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