‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Team Compares ICE Detention Centers To Concentration Camps, Talks Importance Of Body Cam Footage In Holding Truth To Power — Independent Spirit Awards

The truth is always more powerful than fiction. The Perfect Neighbor team made up of director Geeta Gandbhir and producers Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee took home the award for Best Documentary at the 2026 Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday.  Speaking backstage to the press, Gandbhir followed up her rousing political speech onstage, […] The Perfect Neighbor Netflix The truth is always more powerful than fiction. The Perfect Neighbor team made up of director Geeta Gandbhir and producers Alisa Payne, Nikon Kwantu and Sam Bisbee took home the award for Best Documentary at the 2026 Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday. Speaking backstage to the press, Gandbhir followed up her rousing political speech onstage, to talk more about documented injustices as it pertains to recent ICE activities under the Trump administration. “What the U.S. and what ICE are doing in the streets, kidnapping our neighbors and essentially putting them in camps, is similar to concentration camps,” she said. “I am the proud child of immigrants, as is Alisa Payne and basically anyone else who is ot indigenous to this country. We believe immigrants are the foundation of this country. We are the American Dream and we’re not going anywhere.” Related Stories News Clint Bentley Takes Home Best Director For 'Train Dreams' -- Spirit Awards Winners List (Updating Live)