The 2025 Critics Choice Documentary Awards celebrated the year's best documentaries, with 'The Perfect Neighbor' winning multiple awards including Best Documentary Feature and Best Director for Geeta Gandbhir. The event also honored Ken Burns with the Impact Award and Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady with the Pennebaker Award, highlighting excellence in documentary filmmaking across various categories.
Susan Lorincz, featured in Netflix's The Perfect Neighbor, is serving a 25-year sentence for the manslaughter of Ajike Owens, whom she shot through her door after a neighborhood dispute. Despite referring to herself as 'Dr. Lorincz,' there is no confirmed evidence she is a doctor; her career history includes roles as an EMT, insurance worker, and chef. She is incarcerated at Homestead Correctional Institution with a release date in 2048.
'The Perfect Neighbor' quickly gained popularity on Netflix with 16.7 million views in its first three days, ranking as the second most-watched title during the week of October 13-19, and is a documentary about the fatal shooting of Ajike Owens using body-cam footage.
Netflix's documentary 'The Perfect Neighbor' highlights a tragic incident involving police footage and the suffering of children, raising concerns about the exploitation of trauma and the ethical boundaries of true crime storytelling.
