15 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES ADVANCE IN 2016 OSCAR RACE
The Witness: Did 38 witnesses really do nothing while Kitty Genovese was murdered in Queens, NY, 1964? 50 years later her brother tries to find the truth. The Witness is a puzzle game that essentially revolves around only one type of puzzle. Although there are variations to it, you'll basically The Witness is a puzzle game that essentially revolves around only one type of puzzle. Although there are variations to it, you'll basically spend your time going around solving finger maze puzzles.
The Witness has ceased publishing. The final issue was dated October 4, 2020. Some Witness content from 2016-2020 is on this website. The Witness, then, isn't about telling a 'story', so much as it is about fully exploring a concept: the nature of epiphany, and how a new set of information can affect our understanding of the.
Posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 – 12:15
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 89th Academy Awards®. One hundred forty-five films were originally submitted in the category.
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
'Cameraperson,' Big Mouth Productions
'Command and Control,' American Experience Films/PBS
'The Eagle Huntress,' Stacey Reiss Productions, Kissiki Films and 19340 Productions
'Fire at Sea,' Stemal Entertainment
'Gleason,' Dear Rivers Productions, Exhibit A and IMG Films
'Hooligan Sparrow,' Little Horse Crossing the River
'I Am Not Your Negro,' Velvet Film
'The Ivory Game,' Terra Mater Film Studios and Vulcan Productions
'Life, Animated,' Motto Pictures and A&E IndieFilms
'O.J.: Made in America,' Laylow Films and ESPN Films
'13th,' Forward Movement
'Tower,' Go-Valley
'Weiner,' Edgeline Films
'The Witness,' The Witnesses Film
'Zero Days,' Jigsaw Productions
The Academy's Documentary Branch determined the shortlist in a preliminary round of voting. Documentary Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles.
Nominations for the 89th Oscars® will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2017.
BEST FILM OF 2016 LISTS:
New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
The New Yorker(Richard Brody)
NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross
Yahoo! Movies
SF Weekly(Marilyn Connolly)
Capital Times/Madison, WI(Rob Thomas)
The Ringer(K. Austin Collins)
amNewYork(Robert Levin)
BEST DOCUMENTARIES OF 2016 LISTS:
The Hollywood Reporter(THR Staff)
Vogue(Julia Felsenthal)
The Playlist(Katie Walsh & The Playlist Staff)
Filmmaker Magazine(Paula Bernstein)
Indiewire(Kate Erbland)
The Boston Globe (Peter Keough)
National Post(Chris Knight)
Filmspotting(Adam Kempenaar)
Films etc. (Ted Hicks)
WOR Radio(Joe Neumaier)
*Nominated for 2 BFCA Critics' Choice Documentary Awards*
*Best Documentary Feature*
*Best First Documentary Feature*
Film synopsis
Kitty Genovese became synonymous with apathy after news that she was stabbed to death on a New York City street while 38 witnesses did nothing.
Forty years later, her brother decides to find the truth. He uncovers a lie that transformed his life, condemned a city and defined an era.
In the News
Critics' Pick: A Brother's Quest to Put Kitty Genovese Case to RestJames Solomon's seamless documentary, 'The Witness,' traces the yearslong efforts of Ms. Genovese's younger brother Bill, who was close to Kitty, to get to the bottom of what actually happened. Read more…
This extraordinary documentary looks at one of the most infamous of all modern crime stories—the 1964 murder, in Queens, of Kitty Genovese, while her screams were reportedly ignored by dozens of neighbors—through the focus of another genre, the personal documentary. Read more…
Searching for the Truth About KittyWhat constitutes a big film? James Solomon's stunning documentary was produced on a tiny fraction of a Hollywood spectacular's budget, and its audience will be small, at least at first. Yet it topples what we've come to accept as a pillar of contemporary wisdom, and brings news about human nature in the process. By any sensible measure that's big indeed. Read more…
The Lie of Kitty Genovese's Murder Lives on as an Allegory of Urban DespairNear the conclusion of the astonishing new true-crime documentary The Witness, William Genovese hires a woman to play his sister That sister was Kitty Genovese, and her 1964 murder outside her home in Kew Gardens, Queens, was the moment New York City's post-war glory faded for good, ushering in a more ominous epoch. Read more…
The Witness has ceased publishing. The final issue was dated October 4, 2020. Some Witness content from 2016-2020 is on this website. The Witness, then, isn't about telling a 'story', so much as it is about fully exploring a concept: the nature of epiphany, and how a new set of information can affect our understanding of the.
Posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 – 12:15
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 89th Academy Awards®. One hundred forty-five films were originally submitted in the category.
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
'Cameraperson,' Big Mouth Productions
'Command and Control,' American Experience Films/PBS
'The Eagle Huntress,' Stacey Reiss Productions, Kissiki Films and 19340 Productions
'Fire at Sea,' Stemal Entertainment
'Gleason,' Dear Rivers Productions, Exhibit A and IMG Films
'Hooligan Sparrow,' Little Horse Crossing the River
'I Am Not Your Negro,' Velvet Film
'The Ivory Game,' Terra Mater Film Studios and Vulcan Productions
'Life, Animated,' Motto Pictures and A&E IndieFilms
'O.J.: Made in America,' Laylow Films and ESPN Films
'13th,' Forward Movement
'Tower,' Go-Valley
'Weiner,' Edgeline Films
'The Witness,' The Witnesses Film
'Zero Days,' Jigsaw Productions
The Academy's Documentary Branch determined the shortlist in a preliminary round of voting. Documentary Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles.
Nominations for the 89th Oscars® will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2017.
BEST FILM OF 2016 LISTS:
New York Magazine (David Edelstein)
The New Yorker(Richard Brody)
NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross
Yahoo! Movies
SF Weekly(Marilyn Connolly)
Capital Times/Madison, WI(Rob Thomas)
The Ringer(K. Austin Collins)
amNewYork(Robert Levin)
BEST DOCUMENTARIES OF 2016 LISTS:
The Hollywood Reporter(THR Staff)
Vogue(Julia Felsenthal)
The Playlist(Katie Walsh & The Playlist Staff)
Filmmaker Magazine(Paula Bernstein)
Indiewire(Kate Erbland)
The Boston Globe (Peter Keough)
National Post(Chris Knight)
Filmspotting(Adam Kempenaar)
Films etc. (Ted Hicks)
WOR Radio(Joe Neumaier)
*Nominated for 2 BFCA Critics' Choice Documentary Awards*
*Best Documentary Feature*
*Best First Documentary Feature*
Film synopsis
Kitty Genovese became synonymous with apathy after news that she was stabbed to death on a New York City street while 38 witnesses did nothing.
Forty years later, her brother decides to find the truth. He uncovers a lie that transformed his life, condemned a city and defined an era.
In the News
Critics' Pick: A Brother's Quest to Put Kitty Genovese Case to RestJames Solomon's seamless documentary, 'The Witness,' traces the yearslong efforts of Ms. Genovese's younger brother Bill, who was close to Kitty, to get to the bottom of what actually happened. Read more…
This extraordinary documentary looks at one of the most infamous of all modern crime stories—the 1964 murder, in Queens, of Kitty Genovese, while her screams were reportedly ignored by dozens of neighbors—through the focus of another genre, the personal documentary. Read more…
Searching for the Truth About KittyWhat constitutes a big film? James Solomon's stunning documentary was produced on a tiny fraction of a Hollywood spectacular's budget, and its audience will be small, at least at first. Yet it topples what we've come to accept as a pillar of contemporary wisdom, and brings news about human nature in the process. By any sensible measure that's big indeed. Read more…
The Lie of Kitty Genovese's Murder Lives on as an Allegory of Urban DespairNear the conclusion of the astonishing new true-crime documentary The Witness, William Genovese hires a woman to play his sister That sister was Kitty Genovese, and her 1964 murder outside her home in Kew Gardens, Queens, was the moment New York City's post-war glory faded for good, ushering in a more ominous epoch. Read more…
‘The Witness' powerfully revisits the murder of Kitty GenoveseOne of the key accomplishments of this quietly revelatory documentary is that it sees the people in this tragedy as more than just convenient scapegoats or symbols. Read more…
The movie is as gripping as true-crime procedurals 'Serial' and 'Making a Murderer,' but with more intimacy and heartache. Read more…
The film sheds unexpected light on the myth of the apathetic bystander but doesn't ignore the shadows that lurk behind all the dead ends. Read more…
NPR's Scott Simon interviews James Solomon and Bill Genovese on Weekend Edition Saturday. Read more…
Peggle download. Kitty Genovese's 1964 murder long symbolized urban apathy, but a new film by her brother challenges the long-held belief that nobody tried to help her. Read more…
I thought this film was impeccably done. It was not only a tragedy, but a love story about family who never give up and who mark their lives with the efforts of what they could do to change 'it,' if they could change 'it.' Read more…
The Witness: EW reviewThe film's title takes on a haunting irony once you realize that it refers to Bill, who was not an onlooker to Kitty's killing, but to the world in which her name was deformed and gained its tragic legend. Read more…
A new documentary revisits Genovese's 1964 murder and the 38 bystanders who allegedly did nothing to stop it. Critic John Powers says the film is 'a useful moral corrective' to the popular narrative. Read more…
The Witness paints a picture of a complicated, magnetic woman tragically cut down in her prime. But the film, as its title suggests, is largely about Kitty's brother, left behind to bear witness… Read more…
Resurrecting Kitty Genovese: A Love StoryThe Witness Ps4
The brother of Kitty Genovese tracks down some of the witnesses to his sister's infamous death in an attempt to get the whole story of her life. Read more…
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The name Kitty Genovese became synonymous with bystander apathy after The New York Times reported that 38 witnesses watched her being murdered in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York – and did nothing to help. This version of events went largely unchallenged for half a century. The horrifying implications of the Times story reached across the city and the country, and would eventually impact lawmakers and lecture halls across the globe. At home, determined to prove he wasn't like the witnesses who watched and did nothing, Kitty's younger brother Bill Genovese, who was quite close to his big sister, volunteered to serve in Vietnam where he would lose both his legs in combat. More than 50 years later, The Witness follows Bill's dogged search for the truth as he attempts to find out for himself what actually took place that fateful night of March 13, 1964.MORE
In the process, he unravels a myth that transformed his life, condemned a city, and defined an era. In his decade-long investigation, Bill confronts those closest to the crime, including the surviving witnesses to Kitty's death, the prosecutor in the murder trial, and journalists Mike Wallace, Gabe Pressman, and A.M. Rosenthal, The New York Times editor who wrote the initial coverage of the murder that launched the legend.
A gripping mystery, The Witness debunks one of America's most chilling crime stories as a brother reclaims his sister's forgotten life from her infamous death.
The Filmmaker
The Witness
Eleven years in the making, The Witness is James Solomon's directorial debut. As a screenwriter, Solomon is drawn to stories that delve into the truth behind legends. Most recently, he wrote the feature film The Conspirator, directed by Robert Redford. The legal thriller about the Lincoln assassination starred James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, and Tom Wilkinson. Solomon's original screenplay received the Humanitas Prize. Previously, Solomon was a lead writer and executive producer of ESPN's critically acclaimed eight-hour mini-series, The Bronx Is Burning, starring John Turturro and Oliver Platt, which, like The Witness, is about a seminal moment in New York City history. Solomon began as a writer on several television series including Sidney Lumet's 100 Centre Street and the Emmy Award-winning The Practice. He graduated from Harvard College and was a directing fellow at the American Film Institute before assisting directors on two Oscar-nominated films: Barry Levinson's Avalon and Arne Glimcher's The Mambo Kings. Prior to working in film and television, he was a journalist based in Asia and Australia. Solomon grew up and lives in New York City.LESS
