The Central Park Five
2012 | 119m | English
Popularity: 31 (history)
| Director: | David McMahon, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns |
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| Writer: | David McMahon, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 24, 2012 |
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| Director: | David McMahon, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns |
| Writer: | David McMahon, Ken Burns, Sarah Burns |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | prison, police, rapist, wrongful arrest, serial rapist |
| Production Companies | Florentine Films, WETA |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $273,747
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 15, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 - Former Mayor, New York |
| 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 |
| Michael Joseph | Self - Defense Lawyer |
| David Dinkins | Self - Former Mayor, New York |
| Ronald Gold | Self - Juror #5 |
| Humberto Arroyo | Self (archive footage) |
| Bobby Burns | Self (archive footage) |
| Robert Colangelo | Self (archive footage) |
| Mario Cuomo | Self (archive footage) |
| Howard Diller | Self (archive footage) |
| Linda Fairstein | Self (archive footage) |
| Rudolph Giuliani | Self (archive sound) |
| Bernard Goetz | Self (archive footage) |
| Carlos Gonzalez | Self (archive footage) |
| John Gotti | Self (archive footage) |
| John Hartigan | Self (archive footage) |
| Elizabeth Lederer | Self (archive footage) |
| Jack Maple | Self (archive footage) |
| Bobby McCray | Self (archive footage) |
| Linda McCray | Self (archive footage) |
| Colin Moore | Self (archive footage) |
| Robert Morgenthau | Self (archive footage) |
| Paul L. Richardson | Self (archive footage) |
| Peter Rivera | Self (archive footage) |
| Aaron Rosenthal | Self - Assistant Chief of Detectives (archive footage) |
| Sharonne Salaam | Self (archive footage) |
| Al Sharpton | Self (archive footage) |
| Mike Sheehan | Self (archive footage) |
| Donald Trump | Self (archive footage) |
| Ben Ward | Self (archive Footage) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| David McMahon | Director, Writer |
| Ken Burns | Screenplay, Director |
| Sarah Burns | Screenplay, Director |
| Doug Wamble | Original Music Composer |
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| BAFTA Awards | Best Documentary Feature | N/A | Nominated |
| Academy Awards | Best Documentary Feature | N/A | Nominated |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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