The Central Park Five

Name: The Central Park Five
Director: Sarah Burns,Ken Burns
Released: 2012-05-24T00:00:00Z

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.

Runtime: 119

Release date: 2012-05-24

<article> <figure> <img src="http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w780/f1YohZe2PDV5OgTPwNVvRhhV935.jpg" title='The Central Park Five' alt='The Central Park Five'/> </figure> <h1>The Central Park Five</h1> <p>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.</p> <details><summary>Runtime: 119</summary> <summary>Release date: 2012-05-24</summary></details> </article>