KEN BURNS: THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 2012
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: 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 has committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tensions, The Central Park Five tells 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.
• Cast: Angela Black, Calvin O. Butts III, Natalie Byfield, David Dinkins, Jim Dwyer, Ronald Gold, LynNell Hancock, Michael Joseph, Saul Kassin, Ed Koch, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana Sr., Raymond Santana, Michael Warren, Craig Steven Wilder, Kharey Wise, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon
• Director: Ken Burns
• Runtime: 1:59
• Company: PBS
• Media Format: Movie