The Witness (2016)

Directed by

James D. Solomon

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 102 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Decades after his sister Kitty Genovese was murdered, Bill Genovese looks into the case. He tries to understand what really happened that night and how the story came to be widely known.

investigativereflectivesoberemotionalpensivegrief-drivenpersonalthoughtful

What happens

The Witness is a 2015 American documentary film directed and produced by James D. Solomon. It follows William "Bill" Genovese as, decades after her death, he investigates the March 13, 1964, murder of his sister, Catherine Susan "Kitty" Genovese by Winston Moseley in Kew Gardens, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. Bill Genovese executive produced and narrated the film. Upon its release, the film received positive reviews from critics. It was one of the fifteen documentaries (out of 145 entries) shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Academy Awards, though it was not one of the five final nominees for the award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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