37
85 min
2016
Published on, 3 months ago
37
37
85 min
2016
4.6
On a March night in 1964, 37 neighbors in Queens, New York, witness the brutal murder of Kitty Genovese. None of them takes action or calls the police. 37 tells the story of a few of these people and what led up to the night when they unexplainably remained passive observers. The film is a convincing portrayal of a borough in change and a time characterized by racism, the Civil Rights Movement and political shifts. The actual event that inspired the film’s plot has been called a symbol for the moment when America lost its innocence. The director Puk Grasten skillfully weaves into her feature film debut various fates, dreams and family conflicts by leading us through an apartment building that comes to bear a collective failure.
rape
murder
racism
historical fiction
woman director
necrophile
apathy
loss of innocence
kew gardens
kitty genovese
genovese syndrome
bystander effect
indifference
