entary with the subject being a dysfunctional family presented before, during and after a criminal investigation into the father and a son of the family. Automatically the number and sheer diversity of subjects within the family cause conflict to the dynamics of the three-way relationship.
             Andrew Jarecki directed Capturing the Friedmans and it was released in 2003.
             In outlining some of the juxtapositions surrounding filmmaker interaction and intervention with the subjects of documentary, Nichols says, "the ethical issue in such a relationship pivots on the manner in which the filmmaker represents his or her witnesses, particularly when differing motives, priorities, or needs are at work"(Nichols, 1996, p, 45).
             These issues are multiplied in the interactive film Capturing the Friedmans, in the sense that there are six key subjects; the father Arnold, the mother Elaine, Arnold's brother Howard and three sons David, Seth and Jesse. The fact that the three sons have distinctly different m
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