Released:
2012-05-24

Overview:
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.

Directors:
Sarah Burns, Ken Burns, David McMahon

Runtime:
1h 59min

Genre:
Documentary

• Cast:
• 
  Antron McCray
  as
  Self (voice)
• 
  Kevin Richardson
  as
  Self
• 
  Yusef Salaam
  as
  Self
• 
  Raymond Santana
  as
  Self
• 
  Kharey Wise
  as
  Self