The Central Park Five
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.
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Antron McCray
Self (voice)
Kevin Richardson
Self
Yusef Salaam
Self
Raymond Santana
Self
Kharey Wise
Self
Matias Reyes
Self (archive footage)
Jim Dwyer
Self - New York Times
Angela Black
Self - Kevin's Sister
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Shooting Stars
Ed Koch
Self
Also in
We Own the Night
Run For Cover
Craig Steven Wilder
Self - Historian
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My Brooklyn
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
LynNell Hancock
Self - Journalist
Calvin O. Butts III
Self - Reverend
Sarah Burns Director · Ken Burns Director David McMahon Director
Worldwide gross $274K · United States release November 23, 2012 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$273,747
Production
WETA
Production
Florentine Films
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 24, 2012
Theatrical · Cannes Film Festival
United States · November 23, 2012
Theatrical
Canada
September 9, 2012 · Limited theatrical · Toronto International Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 15, 2012 · Limited theatrical · BFI London Film Festival
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