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Director: | David McMahon, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns |
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Writer: | David McMahon, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns |
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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. | |
Release Date: | May 24, 2012 |
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Director: | David McMahon, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns |
Writer: | David McMahon, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns |
Genres: | Documentary |
Keywords | prison, police, rapist, wrongful arrest, serial rapist |
Production Companies | Florentine Films, WETA |
Box Office |
Revenue: $273,747
Budget: $0 |
Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 15, 2024 |
Name | Character |
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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 | Self - Former Mayor, New York |
Craig Steven Wilder | Self - Historian |
LynNell Hancock | Self - Journalist |
Calvin O. Butts III | Self - Reverend |
Raymond Santana Sr. | Self - Raymond's Father |
Michael Warren | Self - Lawyer |
Natalie Byfield | Self - Daily News |
Saul Kassin | Self - Social Psychologist |
Michael Joseph | Self - Defense Lawyer |
David Dinkins | Self - Former Mayor, New York |
Ronald Gold | Self - Juror #5 |
Humberto Arroyo | Self (archive footage) |
Bobby Burns | Self (archive footage) |
Robert Colangelo | Self (archive footage) |
Mario Cuomo | Self (archive footage) |
Howard Diller | Self (archive footage) |
Linda Fairstein | Self (archive footage) |
Rudolph Giuliani | Self (archive sound) |
Bernard Goetz | Self (archive footage) |
Carlos Gonzalez | Self (archive footage) |
John Gotti | Self (archive footage) |
John Hartigan | Self (archive footage) |
Elizabeth Lederer | Self (archive footage) |
Jack Maple | Self (archive footage) |
Bobby McCray | Self (archive footage) |
Linda McCray | Self (archive footage) |
Colin Moore | Self (archive footage) |
Robert Morgenthau | Self (archive footage) |
Paul L. Richardson | Self (archive footage) |
Peter Rivera | Self (archive footage) |
Aaron Rosenthal | Self - Assistant Chief of Detectives (archive footage) |
Sharonne Salaam | Self (archive footage) |
Al Sharpton | Self (archive footage) |
Mike Sheehan | Self (archive footage) |
Donald Trump | Self (archive footage) |
Ben Ward | Self (archive Footage) |
Name | Job |
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David McMahon | Writer, Director |
Ken Burns | Director, Screenplay |
Sarah Burns | Director, Screenplay |
Doug Wamble | Original Music Composer |
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BAFTA Awards | Best Documentary Feature | N/A | Nominated |
Academy Awards | Best Documentary Feature | N/A | Nominated |
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