In one of the videos, Arnold Friedman facetiously complains why despite being the father he has never been part of the family videos. Andrew Jarecki’s haunting documentary Capturing the Friedmans (2003) borrows from this video vault of the Friedmans’ to tell the most unusual story. Younger sister to Arnold Friedman, this little dancer died of blood poisoning at the tender age of 5, a death blow to her parent’s marriage, who separated soon after. Unanswered questionsAided by decisive editing and crucial testimony from the central characters, Capturing the Friedmans humanises the Friedman family, something that the news channels covering the case at the time failed to do. As the storm brews in the courthouse, the Friedman family unit falls apart.

Source: The Hindu September 15, 2020 12:00 UTC