Capturing the Friedmans

About Capturing the Friedmans

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.

Capturing the Friedmans is a 2003 crime documentary film directed by Andrew Jarecki. It runs 107 minutes and was released in May 2003.

Arnold Friedman takes the lead as Self (archive footage), Elaine Friedman as Self, David Friedman as Self, and Jesse Friedman as Self. It was produced by Notorious Pictures.

Shelv files it under incest, sexual abuse, pedophilia, and american. It streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel in the United States.

Consent, Silent Hill, and Hard Candy make useful companions to Capturing the Friedmans, all filed under sexual predator. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 377 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.