The Central Park Five
The Central Park Five

The Central Park Five

May 24, 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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Antron McCray

Naomi Scott

Kevin Richardson

Naomi Scott

Yusef Salaam

Naomi Scott

Raymond Santana

Naomi Scott

Kharey Wise

Naomi Scott

Matias Reyes

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