The Central Park Five
The Central Park Five
NR
7.0
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2012

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119m

The Central Park Five

Summary

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.

Director, Screenplay

Sarah Burns

Director, Screenplay

Ken Burns

Director, Writer

David McMahon

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Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$273,747.00

Keywords

prison
police
rapist
wrongful arrest
serial rapist