Capturing the Friedmans

Capturing the Friedmans tells the story of a seemingly typical upper-middle-class family living in New York whose lives are transformed when the father and his youngest son are charged with despicable crimes.

Arnold Friedman taught computer classes to children during the late 1980s. When the United States Postal Service discovered a foreign child pornography magazine sent to his home, an investigation was launched into him and his family. Some of the children in Friedman’s computer classes alleged that sexual games took place during lessons, while others reported no sexual abuse. Through their own home movies, the Friedman family talk and argue about the investigation. Lives are irrevocably altered as Arnold Friedman and his son, Jesse Friedman, head to trial for the alleged crimes.