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The Central Park Five

2012 | 119m | English

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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
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
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Name Character
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
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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