Product Details

• Directors: Nonny de la Peña
• Writers: Nonny de la Peña
• Producers: Nonny de la Peña, Alberta Chu, Amy Sommer, Dan Gifford, Diana Zock
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Vanguard Cinema
• DVD Release Date: December 24, 2002
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006LPH1
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #300,514 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Jaundiced Eye" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Vanguard Cinema Release Date: 04/27/2004 Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Jaundiced Eye" never blinks, March 5, 2003

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Ethan (San Fransico Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Jaundiced Eye [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have always felt that the production company of Amy Sommer (Academy Award nominee for Waco; The Rules of Engagement) would be better and more accurately represented if it was called Eternal Vigilance Productions. Because every time I see one of her works I am reminded that that is the price of all freedom, both personal and civil. She, once again, and director Nonny de la Pena, along with the rest of their crew, have raised the form of documentary film from Shark Week on the discovery channel, back to the unblinking eye that should always be searching out the truth, however unpleasant, so that justice and not popular opinion can be seen. "The Jaundiced Eye" is another sterling example of that tradition.

This amazingly shown story of two me, wrongfully imprisoned for child molestation, shows us not only the devastating effect of homophobia on our justice system but also the bias that we as a country still feel toward those of an alternative life style.

Stephen Mathews, a gay man from Michigan, and Melvin Mathews, his straight father, were both sentenced to 35 years in prison when Stephen's ex-wife and, then, live-in boyfriend convinced Stephen's son to claim that he had been molested and tortured by the two men. They were convicted with no physical evidence, represented by an attorney who really didn't seem all that interested in performing his duties and forgotten by the community.

This film follows their later appeal and subsequent reintroduction to a society that, despite their proven innocence, still seemed uninterested or incapable of accepting them back into it.

It is the stark reality of a world that is unforgiving and a system that is more concerned with dispensing punitive sentences rather that looking for the truth that made this film both difficult to watch and at the same time impossible to ignore. It has been a very long time since I was moved to tears by a film, but I suppose that because of its amazing true story and incredible narrative style this one was bound to do it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeps your attention, November 21, 2006

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J. Robinson "Jay Robinson" (Austin,Tx) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Jaundiced Eye (DVD)

This is just an amazing story and one I think everyone should see no matter whether they are gay or straight. The idea that one can be imprisoned on such flemsey evidence is shocking at best but a let down with the legal system and I guess society in general.