The Central Park Five 2012
7/10 by 110 users
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.
- Released: 2012-05-24
- Runtime: 119 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, Kharey Wise
- Director: Sarah Burns, Sarah Burns, Ken Burns, Ken Burns, David McMahon
