Central Park Five

The story of five teenagers who were wrongly convicted in the Central Park Jogger case.

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    En español | Los cinco de Central Park

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    En 1989, cinco adolescentes de Harlem son condenados injustamente por un crimen brutal.
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    The Central Park Five

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    Five teenagers from Harlem are wrongfully convicted of a brutal crime in 1989

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    After the Central Park Five

    The Central Park Five talk about what the film means to them.

About Central Park Five

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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