Completed - ENGLISH - Documentary - 119 minutes
Year of production : 2012 Director(s) : Ken BURNS, Sarah BURNS, David MCMAHON Producer(s) : David MCMAHON, Ken BURNS, Sarah BURNS
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, the film 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.
Country(ies) : USA
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