The Jaundiced Eye (NR)

synopsis

An examination of how a false accusation of sexual abuse and blatant homophobia worked to wreak havoc on the lives of two innocent Michigan men for well over a decade. Before Stephen 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 arrived with a black eye and Stephen was sure that his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend was responsible. However, when he tried to confront the boyfriend, Stephen found that the boy had accused his father, grandfather, and even his grandmother, of sexual molestation. While the charges against the grandmother were dropped, Melvin and Stephen were swiftly convicted -- with no evidence besides the boy's murky and unreliable testimony.