
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.
Directed by Sarah Burns, Ken Burns, David McMahon
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Antron McCray
Self (voice)

Kevin Richardson
Self

Yusef Salaam
Self

Raymond Santana
Self

Kharey Wise
Self

Matias Reyes
Self (archive footage)

Jim Dwyer
Self - New York Times

Angela Black
Self - Kevin's Sister

Ed Koch
Self
Craig Steven Wilder
Self - Historian
LynNell Hancock
Self - Journalist
Calvin O. Butts III
Self - Reverend
Raymond Santana Sr.
Self - Raymond's Father
Michael Warren
Self - Lawyer
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