The Witness

It was a crime that shocked New York City and the nation...and five decades later her name remains synonymous with the "bystander effect." In the early morning hours of October 13, 1964, 28-year-old barmaid Kitty Genovese was brutally stabbed outside her Kew Gardens apartment building, from which 38 witnesses looked on...and reportedly did nothing to help. Learn the true story of the headline-making murder with this harrowing and heartbreaking documentary as told by Kitty’s brother Bill, as he tracks down some of the witnesses, detectives, and reporters involved. 89 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.