In the wide-open spaces between the low-rise rental homes in a Marion County, Florida, neighborhood, a fleet of kids routinely play, whoop, and holler. A middle-aged single woman routinely objects to their “trespassing” and periodically calls 911. Is it reasonable to be annoyed by loud children? Is it relevant that she is white and the kids are Black? One night, claiming to fear for her life, she fires a gun through her closed and locked front door, striking the mother of some of the children. Did she feel justified by Florida’s Stand Your Ground law? Geeta Gandbhir explores these questions in this remarkable documentary. The director confines her film to police recordings—body-camera footage and in-custody investigative interviews—that provide privileged access and professional distance, while inviting us to make our own judgments and recognize our personal assumptions and biases. Gandbhir received the Sundance Film Festival US Documentary Directing Award for her unique saga of a true-crime tragedy. —Michael Fox
Geeta Gandbhir
Director Geeta Gandbhir is an award-winning filmmaker who began her career under the mentorship of Spike Lee and Sam Pollard. Her credits include The Perfect Neighbor, winner of the US Documentary Directing Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival; documentary shorts Reclaimedand The Devil is Busy; Oscar®-shortlisted film How We Get Free; documentary series Born in Synanon and Eyes on the Prize; the Emmy-winning Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power; and the series Black and Missing, which won a NAACP Award, an Independent Spirit Award, an ATAS Honors Award, and a Cinema Eye Honors.