The Central Park Five
- Released on
- Runtime
- 119 mins
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.
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
- Antron McCray
- Kevin Richardson
- Yusef Salaam
- Raymond Santana
- Kharey Wise
- Matias Reyes
- Jim Dwyer
- Angela Black
- Ed Koch
- Craig Steven Wilder
- LynNell Hancock
- Calvin O. Butts III
- Raymond Santana Sr.
- Michael Warren
- Natalie Byfield
- Saul Kassin
- Michael Joseph
- David Dinkins
- Ronald Gold
- Humberto Arroyo
- Bobby Burns
- Robert Colangelo
- Mario Cuomo
- Howard Diller
- Linda Fairstein
- Rudolph Giuliani
- Bernard Goetz
- Carlos Gonzalez
- John Gotti
- John Hartigan
- Elizabeth Lederer
- Jack Maple
- Bobby McCray
- Linda McCray
- Colin Moore
- Robert Morgenthau
- Paul L. Richardson
- Peter Rivera
- Aaron Rosenthal
- Sharonne Salaam
- Al Sharpton
- Mike Sheehan
- Donald Trump
- Ben Ward
Director
- Sarah Burns
- Ken Burns
- David McMahon
Producers
Screenwriter
- Sarah Burns
- Ken Burns
