Film

The Central Park Five

2012 · 1h 59m · Documentary

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

92%

Metacritic

79

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.

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

Natalie Byfield

Self - Daily News

Saul Kassin

Self - Social Psychologist

• Sarah BurnsDirector · Writer · Producer
• Ken BurnsDirector · Writer · Producer
• David McMahonWriter · Director · Producer
• Doug WambleOriginal Music Composer

THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE - Official Trailer

Release date

May 24, 2012

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

NR

Revenue

$273,747

Genres

Documentary

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