THE WITNESS (James Soloman 2015)

The Kitty Genovese murder case is exhaustively investigated by Kitty's younger brother Bill, who was sixteen at the time when she was killed, filmed and assisted by James Soloman. There is a wealth of information and a search for closure that doesn't come for him or us, though there are some new facts to ponder. She didn't die alone. Several people may have called the police. She was a lesbian. The killer is a creep. And so? Somehow despite its thoroughness, this fails to develop into a great documentary.