The Central Park Five
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. The film chronicles The Central Park Jogger case, for the first time from the perspective of these five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice.
Episodes
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The Central Park Five
S1 E1 - 1h 59m
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. The film chronicles The Central Park Jogger case, for the first time from the perspective of these five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice.
Extras + Features
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Subpoena
2m 49s
In 2003, a year after their convictions were vacated, the Central Park Five filed a civil rights lawsuit against the City of New York and the police officers and prosecutors who had worked towards their convictions. In September of 2012 the City of New York subpoenaed all the materials from the film. In February of 2013 the ruling squashed the subpoena in favor of Florentine Films.
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Extended Look
3m 25s
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. Directed and produced by Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns, the film chronicles the Central Park Jogger case, from the perspective of the five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice
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New York Wilding
4m 32s
Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon discuss the term, 'wilding.'
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The Family Business
4m 23s
Film making has become a family business for Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and Dave McMahon.
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Death Penalty
2m 5s
Natalie Byfield discusses the horror of the death penalty even being talked about in the context of the Central Park Five case.
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Interrogation
56s
Kevin Richardson and Raymond Santana discuss the manipulation of their interrogation.
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Official Trailer
2m 26s
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, tells the story of the five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. Directed and produced by Ken Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns, the film chronicles the Central Park Jogger case, from the perspective of the five teenagers whose lives were upended by this miscarriage of justice
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Crime in New York City
8m 53s
The Central Park Five describe their lives before April 20, 1989. New Yorkers talk about a city divided between the very rich and the very poor. In 1984 crack cocaine comes to the city and the crime rate soars.
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Media Response
1m 34s
The media response to the Central Park Jogger case was swift and prejudiced.
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Confessions vs. Evidence
9m
After the jogger was discovered the detectives tried to fit the narrative to the five teenagers they had in custody.
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Police Control Story
5m 1s
The police controlled the story to the news media and for them, all the pieces came into place. Upon closer investigation the time sequence of the jogger's movement do not add up with the police narrative. It does not matter once guilt is established, through the confessions, and they carry the case.
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Making Of
3m 9s
Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and Dave McMahon discuss their film, Central Park Five
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