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.

Genre: Documentary

Actor: Antron McCray , Kevin Richardson , Yusef Salaam , Raymond Santana , Kharey Wise , Matias Reyes , Jim Dwyer , Angela Black , Ed Koch

Director: Ken BurnsSarah BurnsDavid McMahon

Country: United States of America

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Duration: 1h 59m

Release: 2012

IMDb: 7.0/10

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