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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

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.

Cast:
Self - Wrongfully Convicted: Kharey Wise
Self - Confessed Rapist: Matias Reyes
Self - New York Times: Jim Dwyer
Self - Kevin's Sister: Angela Black
Self - Former Mayor, New York: David Dinkins
Self - Historian: Craig Steven Wilder
Self - Journalist: LynNell Hancock
Self - Reverend: Calvin O. Butts III
Self - Raymond's Father: Raymond Santana Sr.
Self - Lawyer: Michael Warren
Self - Daily News: Natalie Byfield
Self - Social Psychologist: Saul Kassin
Self - Defense Lawyer: Michael Joseph
Self - Juror #5: Ronald Gold
Self: Ben Ward
Self - Assistant Chief of Detectives: Aaron Rosenthal

Written by: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon

Director: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon

Production: WETA, Florentine Films

Release date: 25 Apr 2014

Box Office: $325,653
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