Puk Grasten

37

Puk Grasten

Lynn Cohen, George S. Irving

March 27th, 1964. The New York Times published an article headlined '37 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police.' For more than half an hour, 37 law abiding citizens in Queens watched their neighbor, Kitty Genovese, being brutally killed outside their apartment building. Florel and Jack Bernstein were among those bystanders. A shirt film.

37

Puk Grasten

Christina Brucato, Michael Potts

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.

Hvis Der Var Krig I Norden

Puk Grasten

What if Denmark was ruled by an extreme right-wing government? What if that government declared war against the rest of Scandinavia? What if your mother was sick and you had to escape? What if you lived in a ghetto in Egypt? What if your family chose nationalism over you? Then who would you be?