The Central Park Five
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125 votes
May 24, 2012
1h 59m
Overview
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
Ed Koch
SelfCraig Steven Wilder
Self - HistorianLynNell Hancock
Self - JournalistCalvin O. Butts III
Self - ReverendRaymond Santana Sr.
Self - Raymond's FatherMichael Warren
Self - LawyerNatalie Byfield
Self - Daily NewsMore like this
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