Very well conceived and executed narrative about one of the most fascinating and enduring tragedies in American psycho-social lore. This meticulously constructed documentary turns one of America's most chilling murders on its head with reconstructed time lines, police records, witness interviews and media reports from 1964 through subsequent decades, revealing the facts with a despicable and haunting twist--the "38 witnesses who did nothing," and have been used as an example of urban apathy, but have been cast in a different light.
What we come to learn about the night Kitty Genovese was brutally murdered reveals the darker underside of the police, media and others who capitalized on her death. This film is a must-see for true crime fans and social scientists alike-- for this tragic death speaks not to the shocking 'bystanders who did nothing' but to the sensationalized exploitation of Kitty's murder to further careers and do something far worse than nothing--the calculated and systemic lies and distortions by those entrusted to help, solve and inform the public who go on to use her murder for self-aggrandizement. Sadly, ultimately adding to the erosion of the concept of "American Exceptionalism."
What we come to learn about the night Kitty Genovese was brutally murdered reveals the darker underside of the police, media and others who capitalized on her death. This film is a must-see for true crime fans and social scientists alike-- for this tragic death speaks not to the shocking 'bystanders who did nothing' but to the sensationalized exploitation of Kitty's murder to further careers and do something far worse than nothing--the calculated and systemic lies and distortions by those entrusted to help, solve and inform the public who go on to use her murder for self-aggrandizement. Sadly, ultimately adding to the erosion of the concept of "American Exceptionalism."