DVD
2 of 2 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection
- EASTWOOD: Audiovisual Collection
The Central Park Five
Languages
English or Spanish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Publication Information
[Boston] : PBS Distribution, [2013]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
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 documentary tells 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.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced as a documentary in 2012.
Special features: interview with the filmmakers ; After the Central Park Five.