Docs to Watch
The Perfect Neighbor
The Perfect Neighbor reveals the fatal consequences that can occur when individuals feel emboldened by the law to act on their fear and prejudice. For years, disgruntled neighbor Susan Lorincz called the police on children who played in the vacant land next to her Florida home. Initially, the kids and parents commiserate with local law enforcement about her antics. But her increasing hostility took a sinister turn, culminating in a devastating crime. With striking humanity and unflinching clarity, The Perfect Neighbor bears witness to an intimate community contending with their ongoing nightmare. A Netflix release.
A Q&A with director Geeta Gandbhir and producer Alisa Payne immediately follows the screening.
DIRECTOR
Geeta Gandbhir
PRODUCERS
Alisa Payne
Nikon Kwantu
Sam Bisbee
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Award-winning filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir transitioned into documentaries after 11 years in scripted film. She is the director of the short films Reclaimed, The Devil is Busy, Call Center Blues, and How We Get Free, the feature documentaries Apart and Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power, and the series Born in Synanon, Black and Missing, and Eyes on the Prize. As an editor, her films have garnered two Emmy Awards, four Peabody Awards, and one Academy Award.