The Central Park Five (2012)
119 min
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
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $273,747
Trailer
Cast
- Antron McCray as Self - Wrongfully Convicted
- Kevin Richardson as Self - Wrongfully Convicted
- Kharey Wise as Self - Wrongfully Convicted
- Raymond Santana as Self - Wrongfully Convicted
- Yusef Salaam as Self - Wrongfully Convicted
- Jim Dwyer as Self - New York Times
- Angela Black as Self - Kevin's Sister
- Ed Koch as Self - Former Mayor, New York
- Craig Steven Wilder as Self - Historian
Crew
- Matias Reyes · Archive footage
- Matias Reyes · Archive sound
- Ken Burns · Director
- Sarah Burns · Director
- David McMahon · Director
- Ken Burns · Writer
- Sarah Burns · Writer
- David McMahon · Writer
- Ken Burns · Producer
- Sarah Burns · Producer
- David McMahon · Producer
- Doug Wamble · Composer
- Anthony Savini · Cinematographer
- Buddy Squires · Cinematographer
- Michael Levine · Editor