The Central Park Five (2012)
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
Top Billed Cast: Michael Joseph, LynNell Hancock, Bobby Burns
Runtime: 119 minutes
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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
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Craig Steven Wilder
Self - Historian
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LynNell Hancock
Self - Journalist
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Calvin O. Butts III
Self - Reverend
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Raymond Santana Sr.
Self - Raymond's Father
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Michael Warren
Self - Lawyer
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Natalie Byfield
Self - Daily News
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Saul Kassin
Self - Social Psychologist
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Michael Joseph
Self - Defense Lawyer
David Dinkins
Self - Former Mayor, New York
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Ronald Gold
Self - Juror #5
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Humberto Arroyo
Self (archive footage)
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Bobby Burns
Self (archive footage)
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Robert Colangelo
Self (archive footage)
Mario Cuomo
Self (archive footage)
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Howard Diller
Self (archive footage)
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Linda Fairstein
Self (archive footage)
Rudolph Giuliani
Self (archive sound)
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Bernard Goetz
Self (archive footage)
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Carlos Gonzalez
Self (archive footage)
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John Gotti
Self (archive footage)
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John Hartigan
Self (archive footage)
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Elizabeth Lederer
Self (archive footage)
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Jack Maple
Self (archive footage)
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Bobby McCray
Self (archive footage)
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Linda McCray
Self (archive footage)
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Colin Moore
Self (archive footage)
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Robert Morgenthau
Self (archive footage)
