The Central Park Five

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.

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  Sarah Burns
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  Ken Burns
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  David McMahon

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  Antron McCray
  Self (voice)
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  Kevin Richardson
  Self
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  Yusef Salaam
  Self
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  Raymond Santana
  Self
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  Kharey Wise
  Self
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  Matias Reyes
  Self (archive footage)
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  Jim Dwyer
  Self - New York Times
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  Angela Black
  Self - Kevin's Sister
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  Ed Koch
  Self - Former Mayor, New York
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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
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  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)