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Sep 17, 2018 · Capturing the Friedmans, a documentary about the insidious inner life of an American family, turns 15 years old this week. Horror aficionado Andrew Carroll recounts the time he watched one of the most disturbing movies he has seen.
The film is marketed as focusing on this "normal family" that are torn apart by the town's accusations but as it goes on, you realise that there are some deep-seated issues about the Friedmans and some of the extended family that we are introduced to.
Capturing the Friedmans is a 2003 HBO documentary film directed by Andrew Jarecki. It focuses on the 1980s investigation of Arnold and Jesse Friedman for child molestation. The film premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival where it received critical acclaim as well as the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary.
Mar 13, 2024 · The HBO documentary Capturing The Friedmans depicts what the duo did and how the authorities caught them. The documentary is available to stream on the official YouTube channel of HBO Max.
Jul 2, 2003 · Documentary filmmaker Andrew Jarecki knew he had something special with his first feature-length documentary, Capturing the Friedmans, released theatrically last month through Magnolia Pictures and HBO. The film, a dark, Alice in Wonderland-like journey, tracks an upper-middle-class Long Island Jewish family's fall from stability, through ...
May 30, 2003 · The Friedmans seem at first to be a typical family - until one Thanksgiving while they are gathered at home preparing for a quiet holiday dinner, a police battering ram splinters the front door...
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Jun 6, 2003 · The film, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2003, is disturbing and haunting, a documentary about a middle-class family in Great Neck, Long Island, that was torn apart on Thanksgiving 1987 when police raided their home and found child pornography belonging to the father.
