At feature length， Puk Grasten’s 37 reconstructs events that took place on March 12 and 13， 1964， in the Kew Gardens neighborhood near Austin Street and the station for the Long Island Railroad。 But while the murder of Kitty Genovese might be the most unusual of those events， 37 focuses on the stories and people that surround and bear witness to that horrific act。 We see what they see， throughout the day and night。 From those many perspectives， the deeper meanings of the Kitty Genovese story – and as it speaks to us today – emerge with new urgency。 Just as recent acclaimed films such as Lincoln and Selma have asked us to consider turning points in American history through the prism of contemporary social issues， 37 reimagines the Genovese story through that same historicized lens， as well as the eyes of witnesses to history。 Grasten explains: “With the short film， I was able to explore mood， characters and take on that challenge: how much can you tell the story of Kitty Genovese without her being the main
