Trailer for Netflix's Groundbreaking Sundance Award Winning Police Footage Documentary THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
Netflix has released a trailer for the documentary The Perfect Neighbor, which premiered this year at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, winning the Festival’s directing award. The film was made by Geeta Gandbhir (A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers, Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power), who looks at a neighborhood through police cam footage, where a racist woman relentlessly harasses the children on her block by calling 911 whenever they play or make noise. The situation escalates to a fever pitch, resulting in an explosion of sorts.
The synopsis reads: “A seemingly minor neighborhood dispute in Florida escalates into deadly violence. Police bodycam footage and investigative interviews expose the consequences of Florida's ‘stand your ground’ laws.
“In a normal American neighborhood with families living their lives and kids playing with each other, one woman was quick to see any conflict as an attack that always required police attention. The annoying behaviors of a local ‘Karen’ are slowly revealed to be something darker and more appalling.
“Director Geeta Gandbhir tells this uniquely American story through the artful presentation of real-life found footage that allows the circumstances to speak for themselves with terrifying clarity.”
This looks captivating and nerve-wracking. I look forward to seeing how it all plays out. Check out the trailer below, and watch The Perfect Neighbor in select US theaters on October 10th, then on Netflix starting on October 17th.