Overview
A brother's journey to unravel the truth about the mythic death and little known life of Kitty Genovese, who was reportedly murdered in front of 38 witnesses and has become the face of urban apathy.
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Auto-generatedJames Solomon directs this 2015 documentary in which a man sets out to untangle the truth behind his sister Kitty Genovese, whose 1964 killing became shorthand for urban indifference amid reports of dozens of unmoved witnesses. The film looks past the myth to recover a real life and interrogate how the story was told. Reflective and investigative, it probes memory, media narrative, and the limits of a tidy legend. Suited to viewers drawn to true-crime documentaries and questions of public conscience, it holds a MagicMovieScore of 6.6, offering a searching, personal reexamination of a notorious case.
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Top Cast
William Genovese
Himself
Shannon Beeby
Herself
Kitty Genovese
Herself (archive footage)
Catherine Pelonero
Herself
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Movie Info
Release Date
October 6, 2015
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Documentary
Director