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The jaundiced eye
- Title
- The jaundiced eye [videorecording] / a Fifth Estate production in association with Pyedog Productions ; written and directed by Nonny de la Peña ; produced by Dan Gifford.
- Format
- Videocassette
- Published/Produced
- Los Angeles, CA : SomFord Entertainment, c1999.
- Description
- 1 videocassette (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Credits
- Editor, Greg Byers ; music, Michael Brook.
- Local Notes
- Gift from Jerry and Phyllis McCullough.
- Summary
- This harrowing documentary chronicles the decade long trials and emotional traumas incurred by a gay Michigan man, Stephen Matthews and his straight father, Melvin Matthews, who were wrongfully accused by Stephen's ex-girlfriend and her husband of molesting Stephen's son. Despite the fact that there was no physical evidence, both Stephen and Melvin Matthews were sentenced to 35 years in jail. Stephen Matthew's story is a horrifying example of justice miscarried in a society of legal labyrinths where science is easily confused about fact, and sexual orientation can provoke prosecutorial vendettas based upon long-held biases.
- Notes
- Documentary.
- Subject headings
- Matthews, Stephen F.--Trials, litigation, etc. Matthews, Melvin--Trials, litigation, etc. Gay men--Michigan--Biography. Trials (Child sexual abuse)--Michigan. Judicial error--Michigan. Homophobia.
- Other contributors
- Peña, Nonny de la. Gifford, Dan. Byers, Greg. Brook, Michael, 1952- Fifth Estate Productions. Pyedog Productions. SomFord Entertainment (Firm)
- ISBN
- 0966210514 9780966210514
- Standard Identifier
- 808005199930