THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE

Ken BURNS Sarah. BURNS David MCMAHON
  • 2012
  • Special Screenings

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and laterconvicted 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, the film tells 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.

Directed by : Ken BURNS, Sarah. BURNS, David MCMAHON
Year of production: 2012
Country: United States
Duration: 119

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