The Jaundiced Eye
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Nonny De La Pe±a
Stephen Matthews
Melvin Matthews
Michael Brook
Greg Byers
Bestor Cram
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
An examination of how a false accusuation of sexual abuse and blatant homophobia worked to wreak havoc on the lives of two innocent Michigan men for well over a decade. Before Stephens Matthews came out as a homosexual in his early teens, he fathered a son by his girlfriend. On one of the son's visits to see his father, he arrives with a black eye and Stephen is sure that his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend is responsible. However, when he tries to confront the boyfriend, Stephen finds that the boy has accused his father, grandfather, and even his grandmother, of sexual molestation. While the charges against the grandmother are dropped, Melvin and Stephen are swiftly convicted -- with no evidence besides the boy's murky and unreliable testimony.
Director
Nonny De La Pe±a
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States August 2000
Released in United States Fall September 24, 1999
Released in United States March 3, 2000
Released in United States September 1999
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Documentary: Imagining Reality) August 13-27, 2000.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Real to Reel) September 9-18, 1999.
Feature directorial debut for TV reporter Nonny De La Pena.
Title of the film comes from a poem by Alexander Pope.
Released in United States March 3, 2000 (Screening Room; New York City)
Released in United States August 2000 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Documentary: Imagining Reality) August 13-27, 2000.)
Released in United States September 1999 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Real to Reel) September 9-18, 1999.)
Released in United States Fall September 24, 1999
