The documentary revolves around one of the serious crimes that actually occurred in a small American town in the early 1980s. In that tragic period, a resident was shot dead in front of about 60 residents of the town, but there were no investigations at that moment. When the police discover the incident, these witnesses deny that they saw the incident completely, making things quite complicated.
If you remember the Skidmore case, No One Saw A Thing will be a good refresher. If you don't, though, it'll be a good examination of a tiny town that may have taken its ability to protect itself a bit too far.
Belkin's docu-series could have accomplished much of what it set out to do in roughly half the running time, but it's never boring and often fascinating.
Captivating but repetitious... Belkin bloats the text by repeating his "weight of sin" thesis ad nauseum. By the end, I was convinced this could have been told with tighter precision in three episodes, not six.
