13 h. ago Where is Susan Lorincz now as death of Ajike Owens explored in new Netflix documentary

A major debate was ignited on the USA's stand-your-ground law over the incident

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14 h. ago The Perfect Neighbor Susan Lorincz's crime explained and where she is now

The Perfect Neighbor is a new true crime documentary on Netflix that tells the story of a horrifying murder case in Florida.

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8 d. ago The Perfect Neighbor review – a notorious shooting through the eye of a Florida cop’s body

Geeta Gandbhir’s study of the Ajike Owens killing turns police footage into a devastating lens on fear, race and a nation fatally addicted to firearmsThe true crime genre has a new medium, or maybe even a whole new language and grammar: police body cam footage. Faces of victims, witnesses and possible perpetrators loom up to the cameras, sometimes in the harsh glare of headlights or flashlights as the officers approach, their faces and voices eloquent of wariness or panic or indignation or suspiciously contrived innocence. And we often incidentally glimpse the faces of the officers themselves, one standing by blankly while the other asks the questions with what sometimes seems like extraordinary diffidence – though perhaps this is because they know they are being recorded.We have already had the Netflix true-crime documentary American Murder: Gabby Petito, about the slaying of an Instagram influencer by her boyfriend, whose main point of interest was body cam footage and in which, a...

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8 d. ago Netflix's The Perfect Neighbor: The chilling true story behind the documentary

Netflix's The Perfect Neighbor is set to be released on the streaming service in just over a week's time, and will tell the story of a devastating killing

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8 d. ago What is The Perfect Neighbor about? Inside chilling documentary coming to Netflix

A new true crime film is coming to Netflix this month, and it looks like one of the streamer’s most chilling documentaries yet

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1 week ago ‘The world needs to know what happened to my baby’: inside devastating new police

Composed almost entirely of footage filmed by police, The Perfect Neighbor is a harrowing documentary about a black woman shot by her white neighbour in Florida. The director reveals how she made it‘To this day,” says Geeta Gandbhir, “I’m devastated.” The film-maker is talking about the killing of Ajike “AJ” Owens, a black woman shot dead by her white neighbour in Florida two years ago. Gandbhir first came to the case in a personal capacity, as 35-year-old Owens was a family friend.But things quickly changed. She and her team worked hard to drum up media attention and pressure law enforcement and government institutions to take action – and hold this neighbour, 60-year-old Susan Lorincz, accountable. They began filming protests and vigils, intending to create short pieces for news outlets. Continue reading...

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