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The Central Park Five (2012)
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.
Updated May 25 2020
Cast
Al Sharpton
Himself (archive footage)
Rudolph Giuliani
Himself (archive sound)
Mario Cuomo
Himself (archive footage)
Ed Koch
Himself - Former Mayor, New York
John Gotti
Himself (archive footage)
Antron McCray
Himself (voice)
Kevin Richardson
Himself
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Crew
Sarah Burns
Director
Sarah Burns
Screenplay
Ken Burns
Director
Ken Burns
Screenplay
David Mcmahon
Director
