“The movie is as gripping as true-crime procedurals Serial and Making a Murderer, but with more intimacy and heartache.” (Stephanie Merry, The Washington Post)

On March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese was murdered outside her apartment in Queens while 38 witnesses allegedly did nothing to help her, or at least that was the story published on the front page of The New York Times. The circumstances surrounding Kitty’s death soon became a symbol of urban apathy and, particularly, New York City’s lack of compassion. The Witness picks up more than five decades later as Kitty’s brother, Bill Genovese, searches for the truth buried beneath the story. As Bill struggles to separate fact from fiction, he uncovers startling details about the crime that transformed his life, condemned a city, and defined an era.

Read a statement from director James Solomon on the JBFC Blog.