“We Have to Think Deeply about Community Policing”: Geeta Gandbhir on The Perfect Neighbor

Geeta Gandbhir’s The Perfect Neighbor, which premiered in the US Documentary section of this year’s Sundance, is likely one of the first feature docs primarily composed of police body camera footage. Sifting through footage with editor Viridiana Liberman (The Sentence), Gandbhir builds out a suspenseful and heartbreaking portrait of neighborly violence in a close-knit Central Florida community, after white woman Susan Lorincz fatally shot Ajike Owens—Gandbhir’s sister-in-law’s best friend, though Gandbhir didn’t know Owens personally. Given the world context of a déjà vu US regime, the ongoing reverberations of Black Lives Matter and the steady bulldozing with anti-democratic and dangerous legislation […] The post “We Have to Think Deeply about Community Policing”: Geeta Gandbhir on The Perfect Neighbor first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

Jan 27, 2025 - 20:45
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“We Have to Think Deeply about Community Policing”: Geeta Gandbhir on The Perfect Neighbor
A flashlight is shining onto a wall in an otherwise pitch-black room.

Geeta Gandbhir’s The Perfect Neighbor, which premiered in the US Documentary section of this year’s Sundance, is likely one of the first feature docs primarily composed of police body camera footage. Sifting through footage with editor Viridiana Liberman (The Sentence), Gandbhir builds out a suspenseful and heartbreaking portrait of neighborly violence in a close-knit Central Florida community, after white woman Susan Lorincz fatally shot Ajike Owens—Gandbhir’s sister-in-law’s best friend, though Gandbhir didn’t know Owens personally. Given the world context of a déjà vu US regime, the ongoing reverberations of Black Lives Matter and the steady bulldozing with anti-democratic and dangerous legislation […] The post “We Have to Think Deeply about Community Policing”: Geeta Gandbhir on The Perfect Neighbor first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.