The Witness

In this excerpt from Independent Lens documentary The Witness, Bill Genovese, whose sister Kitty Genovese was murdered in Queens, New York in a notorious 1964 case that became front page news, returns to scene of the crime with Charlie Skoller, the prosecutor in Kitty's trial. In a peaceful residential neighborhood, Skoller describes the brutality of the attack, bringing it vividly back to life.

In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary The Witness, Bill Genovese goes to the New York Office of Correctional Services to arrange a meeting (or confrontation) with the man -- Winston Moseley -- who murdered his sister Kitty Genovese in Queens, New York nearly 50 years ago. By meeting him, Bill wants to know what Moseley thought about in the ensuing years.

In this excerpt from the Independent Lens film The Witness, Bill Genovese watches as an actress recreates the moments leading up to his sister Kitty Genovese's death in the same part of Queens, New York in 1964. The actress's screams seem to fall on deaf ears in a way they supposedly did when Kitty was murdered. Either way, it's an emotionally vivid re-enactment for Bill.

In this excerpt from the Independent Lens film The Witness, Bill Genovese tells the rest of his family over dinner that he wants to reach out to their sister’s murderer, 50 years later. His siblings do not take Bill's expanding obsession well.