Geeta Gandbhir (The Perfect Neighbor | Netflix)

About this episode

Geeta Gandbhir discusses her film 'The Perfect Neighbor' and the systemic failures surrounding a neighborhood dispute that escalated into violence.

Director Geeta Gandbhir’s new film "The Perfect Neighbor" is largely made up of police bodycam footage, tracking the events of a seemingly minor neighborhood dispute in Florida escalating into deadly violence. Geeta shares with Tiller how she got her first film job on Spike Lee’s “Malcom X” (2:00), discovering the trove of archival evidence (7:00), how the system failed the entire neighborhood and how the entire tragedy was preventable (19:00), and the thought and craft behind the original photography (33:00). Produced by: Jacob Miller Executive Producer: Tiller Russell Music by: James Carroll, Graham Tracey & Zydepunk Distributed by: Jake Brennan & Brady Sadler, Double Elvis Productions

People in this episode

Host: Tiller Russell

Guest: Geeta Gandbhir

Topics covered

• documentary filmmaking
• police bodycam footage
• neighborhood disputes
• violence prevention
• archival evidence

Keywords

• Geeta Gandbhir
• The Perfect Neighbor
• documentary
• police footage
• neighborhood violence
• Malcom X
• archival evidence

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Perfect Neighbor, Malcom X

Places: Florida

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