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

Duration:

119 min

Cast:

Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam

Quality:

HD

Director:

Sarah Burns, Ken Burns, David McMahon

Release:

2012

Country:

United States

Rating:

7.0