On a March night in 1964, 37 neighbors in Queens, New York, witness the brutal murder of Kitty Genovese. None of them takes action or calls the police. 37 tells the story of a few of these people and what led up to the night when they unexplainably remained passive observers. The film is a convincing portrayal of a borough in change and a time characterized by racism, the Civil Rights Movement and political shifts. The actual event that inspired the film’s plot has been called a symbol for the moment when America lost its innocence. The director Puk Grasten skillfully weaves into her feature film debut various fates, dreams and family conflicts by leading us through an apartment building that comes to bear a collective failure.
as Kitty Genovese
as Archibald Smith
as Mary Cunningham
as Bob Cunningham
as George Bernstein
as Gonzales
as Joyce Smith
as Florel Bernstein
as Sam
as Winston Moseley
as Debbie Bernstein
as Billy Cunningham
as School Girl #1
