In “The Perfect Neighbor,” director Geeta Gandbhir relies on police bodycam, ringcam, and cell phone footage, as well as recorded 911 calls to tell the story of a minor neighborhood dispute in Florida that escalated into deadly gun violence when Ajike Owens, a young Black mother of four, was shot and killed by her neighbor, […]
Why ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Uses Bodycam Footage to Reexamine a Harrowing Stand Your Ground Case: ‘It’s a Horror Film in Many Ways’
