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The Central Park Five

★ 7.0 (116 votes) | 2012 | 1h 59m
Documentary
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.

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date May 24, 2012
  • Budget N/A
  • Revenue $273,747
  • Production WETA, Florentine Films

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