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The Central Park Five

2012·119'

Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Ken Burns

★ 7.0

Stills

4

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, this is the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.

Cast

Antron McCray Antron McCray Self (voice)
Kevin Richardson Kevin Richardson Self
Yusef Salaam Yusef Salaam Self
Raymond Santana Raymond Santana Self
Kharey Wise Kharey Wise Self
Matias Reyes Matias Reyes Self (archive footage)
Jim Dwyer Jim Dwyer Self - New York Times
Angela Black Angela Black Self - Kevin's Sister
Ed Koch Ed Koch Self
Craig Steven Wilder Self - Historian
LynNell Hancock Self - Journalist
Calvin O. Butts III Self - Reverend

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